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In reference to the selection of a
location at the springs I am obliged to
leave that matter to yourself and my
friend Mr. Armfield. A very few words
will suffice to explain to you satisfac=
=torily, why I cannot under some weeks
visit your region of country. The Canons
of our Church require its Bishops to give
the parishes & congregations one month's
notice of intended visitations. According=
=ly my appointments were all made more than a month ago, and extend
onward from this time, to the 12th of
April. That day I am under promise to
hold Confirmation at Memphis. So you
see, that I cannot in the interim in=
=termit one of my appointments in
middle Tenn'e, without deranging the
whole & disappointing my Clergy and
their people. _ It is better perhaps that I
should have nothing to do with selecting
a lot or planning & ordering a building.