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POLK Letters: April 11, 1860

1860,
April
11

The Rt. Rev. James Otey, Winchester, Tennessee, to Bishop Polk, re: his being in
Winchester on official business for the church, and his talk with Col. Barney in
regard to the land grants for Sewanee, and Col. Barney's suspending all
operations at the University Place because of Thompson's claim of 1,700 acres of
land surrounding the very site about Rowe's Spring, and that the Sheperd Claim
had not been adjusted, together with matters about the turnpikes; more details
about the Thompson Claim an other legal affairs. 4 pp.