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Nashville Octr. 4th 1860

Bishop Otey,

Dear Sir,

Your polite
invitation to be present at
the laying of the corner Stone
of the principal building of
the University of the South
reached me to-day.

A high
sense of the compliment,
and still more, (permit
me to say), of the importance
of that occasion, causes
me to regret that impera
-tive engagements will pre
-vent my attendance.

May the success of
the enterprise be com
-mensurate with the