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Lexington VA

18 July 1866

Sir

I have had the honour to receive your letter of the 10th Inst: informing me, that the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, had been conferred on me by the Faculty & Board of Trustees of Mercer University Georgia.

I return my sincere thanks for this undeserved mark of the esteem of the Faculty & Trustees of Mercer University

I am with great respect

Your obtservt

R E Lee

Honble Henry H. Tucker

Pres: Mercer University

Georgia