| 208be pleased {insert symbol} to accept your courtesies on that
occasion & to cooperate in the inau-
-guration of an institution which
I trust will be the harbinger of
a higher standard of education
and literature in the South
and in all its relations of useful-
-ness will meet the fondest ex-
-pectations of the public, but profes-
-sional engagements compel me
to forego a pleasure which other-
wise it would have been my
gratification to have engaged.
Please to tender to the committee my
ardent wishes for their success & my
compliments & to insure you of the
respect with which I am, Dear Sir,
Your obt. sert. {illegible: Joes?}F. {illegible: Jo--ed? Jones?} | 208be pleased {insert symbol} to accept your courtesies on that
occasion & to cooperate in the inau-
-guration of an institution which
I trust will be the harbinger of
a higher standard of education
and literature in the South
and in all its relations of useful-
-ness will meet the fondest ex-
-pectations of the public, but profes-
-sional engagements compel me
to forego a pleasure which other-
wise it would have been my
gratification to have engaged.
Please to tender to the committee my
ardent wishes for their success & my
compliments & to insure you of the
respect with which I am, Dear Sir,
Your obt. sert. Jo j Jones |
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