Vault Early Papers of the University

D.

Resolved That the Right Rev Bp Otey be requested to write to D [Jelf?] [Prest.?] of Kings College for [?] publications as be inform the Committee [the?] any publications connected with the formation & organization of said College & to Mr Dallas for publications connected [w/?] University of London & any other institutes of Learning [&?] [England? w?] the United Kingdom which may be of service to [th.?] Committee on the Constitution.

E.

Resolved, That the Superindendent of the University Lands be authorized ^to purchase a horse & to employ a Foreseter to aid him in the protection of preservation of the timber on the Said lands.

G.

Resolved That the committee to receive conveyance of Lands [&c?] be requested to ascertain the legal [portion?] of the ^Title of the Shapard Tract and if satisfied that the Title of said Shapard is not good to the whole of said Tract then to [compromise?] & purchase ^if possible what[ever?] Title he has and [take?] such steps as may be requisite to obtain title from the parties [in?] whom the Title legally is - but if they are satisfied said Shapard holds the legal Title that then they be authorized to purchase said Shapard Tract from him at a price not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars

F.

Resolved, That the [Superintendent?] Engineer of the University be instructed to build four additional rooms for the use of the Executive Committee, & to procure furniture sufficient for the [accommodation?] of p[?s]. to furnish [the rooms?] Eight Rooms

[I?].

Resolved [order?] Resolved ^the [Commisioners?] be instructed to pay to Col. Barney [the?] as soon as they are in funds, such sums as he may need in liquidation of his [a/c?] [or?] in carrying out the instructions of the Committees.

Clarksville, Ga. October 2d 1860

Dear Sir,

I have by this day's mail, received the invitation, dated the 5th [Oct?]., which the "Executive Committee" have been pleased to extend to me, to be present on the occasion of the laying of the Corner Stone of the University of the South. And in accordance with the request for "an early answer", I hasten to reply, that although feeling deeply interested in the success of this great Institution, circumstances will compel me to forego the pleasure of being present.

Respectfully [yr ob serv?] George [J?]. Kollock

Rt. Rev. JH Otey DD Chairman

Prairie Ark[s?] Octr 8th 1860

My dear Bishop

Your kind & polite invitation to be present at the laying of the Corner Stone of the University of the South has just been recvd, having bee forwarded from Memphis. -

I need not say that it would give me great pleasure to be present at so interesting a ceremony. Particularly in having the pleasure of being in your society. I am however compelled to [relinquish?] [all?] idea of being with you & take the [Earliest?] opportunity to acknowledge your consideration.

Truly yrs C. [I?]. [Abercrombie?]

Woodville (near Georgetown S.C Oct 2nd. 1860

J.H. Otey Esqr

Dear Sir

I have received your polite invitation to be present at the laying of the corner stone of the University of the South, but regret that I shall be unable to attend Matters of a private nature requiring my attendance at home.

I remain very obediently yrs. Wm Allan Allston

I agree to get the rafters & deliver them whe[n? re?] they are wa[nted?] & to put on the roof of the S[mall?] Sh[ed?] t[oo?] be built for the Trus[tees?] [of?] the University of the South, for the Sum of One Hundred and twent[y?] Dollars. The size of the [Shed?] is to be 100 x 8[0? 6?]

Sept. 13. 1860. D. [C?]. Smith

R[60?] Early papers 1860

University Place Augt 2nd. 60

Mr. Janus Green [No?] 173 x 175 Grand [St?] New York

Dear Sir;

I am instructed by the Executive Committee of the University of the South, and on the recommendation of Professor Henry of the Smithsonian Institution to order from [y?]our Establishment one Standard Smithsonian Baraometer, costing $35.00 one Psych[e?]ometer one [Wind?] vane one Maximum Thermometer one Minimum Thermoter one Sun dial

CAN THERE BE RE-UNION

(from THE EPISCOPAL RECORDER, Philidelphia, Vo. XLI, No. 5, p. 17, May 2, 1863)

The following facts, now almost forgotten may be not without a bearing on this point:

On the 4th of July, 1859 {handwritten}x, several Southern Bishops with a number of clergy and laity, met near Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee, for the purpose of inaugurating the proposed University of the South. The proceedings, according to a report published at Atlanta, Georgia, began as follows:

{handwritten margin note} x Should be 1857 (typographical error). {end note}

The Rt. Rev. Bishop Green, of Mississippi, then rose and said, that it was proper after singing the praise of God, to pause and listen to his hold word --- he would, therefore, read a chapter, not inappropriate to the occasion which called the assembly together.

The chapter selected by the Rt. Rev. Prelate, was the twenty-second of Joshua. It recites how the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, received their inheritance on "the other side of Jordan;" and how, when their enemies were all defeated and they had returned to their homes, they "built there an Altar by Jordan, a great Altar to see to." It describes the indignation of Israel, and the expostulation of their deputed elders against what seemed to be an act fraught with rebellion, and hostile to the peace and unity of brethren, and the

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earnestness with which any such intentions was disclaimed. They had said, "Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifice, but that it may be a witness between us and you and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord --- that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord."

The reader added no comment to this well-chosen Scripture --- already every heart was full. For these first spoken words expressed the thought of all, that not in malice or in mischief, not in rebellion or in disaffection had we come together beneath the blue skys that so far from rearing an altar of discontent, we had met with a just pride in our common heritage, with an abiding devotion in our common faith, with more than a brother's love to the tribes more numerous and more favored that ourselves, separated from us by the hills and streams of our common home.

Such thoughts as these found their utterance in the Te Deum which was next sung by the assembly; for St. Ambrose's words become us well when we realize the communion of the Saints. Prayers were then offered by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Cobbs, of Alabama, and the Gloria in Excelsis was chanted by the company.

The Hon. G. B. Duncan next took the stand, and after some introductory remarks, proceeded to read the Declaration of Independence. He also gave, by request, a