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Hillsboro N.C.
Sept. 29th 1860
Dear Sir
I thank you for the honor of the invitation, conveyed in your of the 5th inst, to be present at the ceremonies of laying the corner stone of the principle building of the University of the South on the 10th of October next, and save to express my regret that distance and indispensable engagements deny me the pleasure of accepting
With sincere regards
Your friend & serv.
W. A. Graham
Rt. Rev. Jas. H. Otey -
&c. &c. &c.
Notes and Questions
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The handwriting makes this identification tentative. Nevertheless, I believe that this individual is William Alexander Graham, lawyer, planter and politician. He was also Governor of North Carolina (1845-1849) and the 1852 Whig candidate for Vice President of the United States.
The "H H H" characters at the end are, I think, "etc. etc. etc."
Multiple other notes use a sort of Tironian-et/plus-sign mark for "and". On invitation 38, we see a similar format with Otey's name in the left margin below the signature, and just below it is the title "Chairman", followed by something that looks like a capital H, but which, is on closer examination, the "and" mark I described, joined to a lowercase C. "Chairman etc."
I think Graham is most likely doing the same here.