Jefferson County AlArchives Photo Document.....Letter Cover: From William Washington Craft To Isaac Mitchell Pool III - June 14, 1884 - (Pg. 1 Of 3) June 14, 1884
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Letter:

From: Suwanee, Georgia
To: Cedar Grove, Alabama (near Leeds)
June 14,84 (1884)

     Howdo Mitch. How goes it now old boy.  I am tolerable.  Are you tolerable 
all.  Well, at present nothing strange was taking place lately as I have heard 
of.

     Am find something to do now day you bet.  And I don't stand back from 
nothing.  I just lay holt and move.

     Well Mitch I did not get to see you when you was in the last time.  I 
would like to see you so I can have learned you the mogul motions.  I guess 
you haven't forgotten how it is though.

     I want you to write to me Michell and tell me what you are doing now and 
how ___ as ___ I never get tired reading letters and I want to hear from you. 
Espicily (Especially).

     Mitch I have got all those songs.  The ones you and I bought World Mfg 
Co. of New York.  Shall send you half of them by male (mail) or will you be 
back this year.  Somethime (sometime) I will do either.

     Just say which. Send them to you or keep them till I see you.

     Don't fail to write me for I am yours.

     Will W. Craft (William Washington Craft of Suwanee, Georgia)

Envelope received June 16, 1884 Birmingham, ALa.



Additional Comments:
Four of Isaac Mitchell Pool III's family members were killed during a tornado 
in the Cahaba Valley near Leeds, AL on February 19, 1884.
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Isaac Mitchell Pool III
Born: June 24, 1860 Leeds (Cahaba Valley), Jefferson Co., AL
Died: March 28, 1946 Leeds, Jefferson Co., AL
Buried: Pool Cemetery, Hwy 119 near Leeds, AL
Father: Isaac Mitchell Pool (1833-1967)
Mother: Martha Strickland Pool (d/o Isaac Strickland & Betsy Gilbert)
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William Washington Craft
Born: April 12, 1859
Died: March 21, 1907
Buried: Suwanee Town Cemetery, Suwanee, GA
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