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Shi[lly***?]
Oct 4th 1860

Bishop Otey,
Much Esteemed Sir.

Your highly valued-
[faver?] of the 3rd [last?] is recived [sic]- fuling[sic] a deep
interest in the noble enterprize [sic] of Building
up such an instutition as proposed, and
having a warm interest in the prosperity of
the County of which I am a native,- it will
be a great pleasure to me, to be presint [sic] at;
and to participate in, the laying of the
Corner stone of the university of the south. -

Respectfully [yrs?]
[Eno.?] W. Buchanan