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Wilmington 29 Sept. 1860
Rt. Rev. J. H. Otey
University Place, Tenn.
Dear Sir
I regret that
my business engagements will
not permit me to be present at
the laying of the corner stone
of the University of the South
on the 10th Oct next.
With thanks for the kindness of
the invitation, I am
Very Respectully Yours
Geo Davis
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This George Davis was a lawyer, historian and popular speaker. He was the brother of the Rt. Rev. Thomas Frederick Davis, Bishop of South Carolina. His wife was Mary Adelaide Polk, a daughter of Thomas Gilchrist Polk, the half brother of Bishop Leonidas Polk (some father, different mothers). During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Senate, then as Attorney General for the Confederacy. He became a close friend of and advisor to Jefferson Davis.