Item #7074 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, at their Session, Held at Beersheba, Grundy County, Tenn., August 10th, 1859. Americana, Leonidas Polk University of the South. James H. Otey, Stephen Elliott.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, at their Session, Held at Beersheba, Grundy County, Tenn., August 10th, 1859

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, at their Session, Held at Beersheba, Grundy County, Tenn., August 10th, 1859

Montgomery, AL: Barrett & Wimbish, Book and Job Printers, 1859. Soft Cover. Good binding. Item #7074

Octavo. 16 pp. As issued, stitched in printed wrappers. Wrappers are generally soiled with chipping to the edges, primarily to the rear wrapper; vertical creases where the pamphlet was folded at some point; light foxing/toning to the contents. All in all a presentable copy of an extremely uncommon pamphlet.

Founded July 4, 1857, University of the South was conceived of by its founders as a denominational university that would espouse southern ideals without northern interference. Or as James Otey put it, the university would "materially aid the South to resist and repel a fanatical domination which seeks to rule over us" (qtd in Deyle p. 206). Though it would be after the Civil War that the University commenced, this is one of the early and foundational documents. These proceedings include information on two 2500-acre tracts deeded to the University by the Sewanee Mining Company as well as smaller tracts given by Arthur Rutledge, Allen Gipson, and others. Scarce in the trade with only two institutional holdings according to OCLC 830343059. Delye, Steven. Carry Me Back: The Domestic Slave Trade in American Life.

Price: $400.00