Crowder Hickory Co.
Manufacturer of 
Hickory Handle Blanks
Hickory Dimension Stock Of All Kinds
Crowder, Miss.

March 21st, 1922.

Mr. Paul J. Rainey
Cotton Plant,
Miss.

Dear Sir:-
    I haven't got room for the pet deer I have, and you mentioned that you would like to buy the same, also I want to make a garden in my yard, and therefore want to sell him.  I will sell the deer for $50.00, and if this price is agreeable, send me a crate and I will ship him to you at once.  Please let me hear from you by return mail and oblige.

Yours truly

John Blackwood
 

Handwritten instructions from Paul Rainey:
 

Dear John
    If he will deliver the deer in good condition I will give him fifty plus express charges.
PJR
 
 

From The Ripley Public Library
Ripley, MS