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VICE-CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, }
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, }
Sewanee, Tenn., July 4, 1887. }
The following papers, containing an account of the
ceremonies, &c., at the laying of the corner stone of
the University of the South, Wednesday, October 10th,
1860, at Sewanee, Tenn., were ordered to be printed
by the Board of Trustees.
TELFAIR HODGSON,
Vice-Chancellor.
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LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.
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EIGHT BISHOPS, TWO HUNDRED PRESBYTERS AND
FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE
Assembled on top of the Cumberland Mountains.
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ELOQUENT ORATION,
BY THE HON. JOHN S. PRESTON, OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
ORATOR OF THE DAY.
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GREAT BANQUET,
AND SPEECHES BY
COMMANDER MAURY, U. S. N.,
PRESIDENT BARNARD, of Mississippi,
BISHOP SMITH, of Kentucky,
HON. JOHN M. BRIGHT, of Tennessee.
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DOMAIN OF 10,000 ACRES OF LAND.
PROSPECTIVE ENDOWMENT OF $3,000,000.
PLAN OF THE UNIVERSITY, &c., &c., &c.
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NOTE:--The above, in the handwriting of Rev. Jno. F. Young,
D. D., afterwards Bishop of Florida, was among the papers to be
printed.--T. H.
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