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Executive Department,

Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 8th. 1860.

James H. Otey, Esqr,

Chmn. Ex. Com. of Bd. of Trustees
of the University of the South.

University Place, Tenn.

Sir:

In the absence of the Governor, I have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt of your polite note
inviting his Excellency to be present at the laying
of the cornerstone of the 'University of the South';
and in his Excellency's name, thanking your for
the honor conferred by extending the invitation,
I have to inform you, it will be wholly im-
possible, in view of the pressing official en-
gagements with which, just on the eve of a
Session of our Legislature, he is charged, to
attend on that occasion.

With high respect,

I am, Sir,

Your obt. servt.

H. H. Waters.

Sec'ry. Ex. dept.

Executive Department,

Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 8th. 1860.

James H. Otey, Esqr.

Chmn. Ex. Com. of Bd. of Trustees
of the University of the South.

University Place, Tenn.

Sir:

In the absence of the Governor, I have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt of your polite note
inviting his Excellency to be present at the laying
of the cornerstone of the 'University of the South';
and in his Excellency's name, thanking your for
the honor conferred by extending the invitation,
I have to inform you, it will be wholly im-
possible, in view of the pressing official en-
gagements with which, just on the eve of a
Session of our Legislature, he is charged, to
attend on that occasion.

With high respect,

I am, Sir,

Your obt. servt.

H. H. Waters,

Sec'y. Ex. dept.