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Davidson College, N.C.
May 16, 1864.

Mr K P Battle,

Dear Sir,

Can you inform me
where Mr Lawrence is, - a young man
who entered Chapel Hill about the time you
left, graduated with distinction in Mathematics
& afterwards occupied a position
in the National Observatory, Washington City
D.C. He is a native of your city if I
remember rightly. Is he accessible, or
can you suggest a better person to take
the charge of the Observatory at the University
of Miss. Will you be so good as to direct
the enclosed letter to Mr [Emmerson's?]
present P.O., or if he is in Raleigh drop it
in the office there? I am anxious to have
it reach him as soon as possible.

Very respectfully & truly yours
W.C. Kerr