Leonidas Polk Family Papers

bed for our garden on this mountain.

Affectionally,

Your Brother,

Leonidas

he were required to do so, he would, in the discharge of the duty, appear ridiculous in the eyes of the students, no matter who he might be. [Or] did the Superintendent at [what] Point ever appear in the recitation room of the professor, though the studies there were few, confined almost exclusively to matters of science , in which some one man might have been pre-evident.

These reasons are very imperfectly stated. It would, indeed, require an elaborate essay to discuss the whole subject as it ought to be discussed. I will not say, that the reasons, thus imperfectly suggested, will occur in all their fulness to your mind, for I do not believe that any one

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tended by him, nor let the professor of Mathematics, whose days & nights are given to his own specialty, or overseen by one who is either not a mathematician, or else [?] in the science. So of the other schools.

I have spoken plainly, because I feel a profound interest in the success of your grand enterprise - the grandest ever conceived on this side of the waters. I regret you did not receive my former letter. It was twice the length of this, because it contained some enquiries in relation to myself, which I asked you to be so kind as to answer. I will not repeat them here, as I have not the time, but I will do so in a

Bishop Polk

1860 To John Armfield Dr

Oct 2 To 1639 lbs Flour @ 4@ 65.56 " 39 Bush meal @ 80@ 31.20 " Flooring plank 65.38 " Lumber 40.59 " Dressing & Rips [?] 47.38 " 6030 Laths @ 3 pr 1000 18.09 " 29 1/2 days @ 2.25 pr day 66.37 " Robert @ 1 pr day 9.00 " 12 days hauling @ 2 pr day 3.00 $346.57 Overcharged 2.44 $344.13

Recd payment John Armfield

[Oct. 8 , 1860]

the chair of Mathematics - the University. You would, perhaps, be as much astonished to read them as I was myself. I would, however, as I am now fifty years of age, rather dispense with all testimonials, & if you agree with me, this shall be done. But if not, I put myself into your hands.

As to the first point, I should prefer, if circumstances permit, to bring out my Moral Philosophy under the Auspices of the University of the South. It has been [underscore]the[underscore closed] labor of my life, and a labor of love. Indeed, the work is already finished, except the [?] writting of one half of it. I am to get $10.000 dollars for the copy right, if I conclude to accept the offer,

University Place October 13th 1860

Charles F. Anderson Esq Architect

Dear Sir,

During the late meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of the South, the following Resolution was passed.

"Resolved, That the plans of the Architects be referred to the Executive Committee, who shall hear Architects in explanation of their plans, and be authorized to decide upon some one for which compensation shall be made to the Artist. To carry out the [?] of the advertisement the sum of Four hundred Dollars shall be paid for the plan selected.

I am instructed by the Executive Committee to communicate to you the action of that Committee on this subject in the following Resolutions passed by the Committee on the 13th October 1860, to wit,

“Resolved, That while we express the highest admiration for the perfection of style exhibited in the plan offered by Mr. Lee, and see in several of the others many points of great excellence, the Majority of the Committee deem the plans of Mr. Anderson most in accordance with the designs and purposes of the proposed University.”

Columbia Nov. 26th 1840

My dear Mother:

My conscience tells me I have behaved worse since I came home last Spring than I have done for several years. I crave your indulgence not because I merit it, but because I need it. I have rarely had a more active Summer work than that just past. We have you know been undetaking for three years building a church. This past Summer I had set apart for seeing the walls up and the roof on and as much of the inside work I can as possible.

The house is 65 feet long by 41. wide with ample elevation. A vestry [?] of 16 foot square in the rear & a Tower of the same [dimen?] sions in front & about 50 feet high. This I think will afford us all ample accomoda tion. We mean to have large, & comfortable pews. That then has been my Summers work & I have accomplished it. [viz?] I have all done except some work about the top of the tower. This we propose to finish in the Spring. The wood work of the inside will be finished this Winter. The lathing done & arrangements made for plastering &

finishing in the early Spring. It has required a large force, a great deal of waggoning and my constant supervision to keep every thing up and going.

We feel thankful for what has been accomplished + hope that ourselves + children + distant [?] may know reason to thank God for the protection + comfort of such a [Refuge?]. We are hoping to have it ready for Consecration by the meeting of the next [?] Convention which holds its [Session?] in the town of Columbia, in June or July next. -- If we do not have it consecrated sooner. -- I hope therefore in consideration of the good work I was about you will not be very hard in judging me . Particulary as I knew that [?] was by [?] writing (?) like a proud child all the time. -

I have also been engaged in having my [farm?] put in order + thoroughly [fenced?] . I kept the [hands?] here I intended sending to Miss: last year to build the Church + fence my land. I have now had a fence[here?] all the way [?] my whole tract of land + my farm property well fenced also, + some crop fences also This has been a great labour but one which should have been done years ago. It is now done + I feel the comfort of it as well as my stock. My lambs I have

____ off below (?) about 20 days ago. I sent (?) 36 negroes among

for my western & Southern tour, I shall go across the mtns at [?] thence to [?] thence down the mtns to Pine Bluff, thence to Botuville & Fayetteville, thence into the Indian Territory & along it through Foss Ebran & the Red [?] & down it through Spring Hill & Caddo parish to