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From: "High Mountain Bear" <>
Subject: [BLACK-L] Treasures from METTA HANNA!
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 21:57:17 -0700


To: List subscribers,
Subject: Metta Hanna documents.

I have received forty or fifty letters since my post about the
documents of Metta Hanna. None connected directly to
Metta, but from concerned and helpful people from all over
the country. Some wrote to just say thank you for me trying
to find a home for these items, and many with constructive
ideas and suggestions. Tonight my wife and I went down the
mountain for dinner. When we returned home I had about
fifteen letters in my in box, in reference to the Metta Hanna
documents. Most were heart warming but one message hit
me wrong. I may be getting touchy with old age. Here is the
letter I took offence to.
(copied and pasted)

Hi!

I would love to have these! I will pay for postage and a reasonable cost.
I have been researching Crawford Co., IN for years, and have a connection to
the Johnsons!

Please let me know!

To make money from the Metta Hanna items was not the object of
my post. These are not the kind of treasures to be bartered or sold.
My only intentions, when I made the post, was to find a close family
descendent of Metta Hanna's. Hopefully one involved in genealogy,
and make them a gift of these items. In my estimation the above letter
doesn't prove diddly squat to me. It sounds more like an unconcerned
collector of antique documents, rather than a grateful excited relative
of Metta's. The person that gets these items will have to do a little better
at proving there relationship to Metta than the letter indicates. Besides, I
took offence to the offer of money for something I wished to give to a
deserving person. The treasure is not really mine to sell and it will not be
sold. It is the property of Metta Hanna and if I can not find any one I feel
should have it, it will be given to an entity that will make it available to
all to
view and benefit from. If I am wrong I'm sorry, but that is the way it's
going to
be! It is not my intentions to hurt any ones feelings by this writing,
flaming
the person that made the offer nor to start a fire in anyone's hip pocket.
I'm
an old man and set in my ways. Since the ball game is in my back yard, I'll
make all the rules. One thing more, in my original post I stated the High
School diploma was from Johnsonville High. It is rolled extremely tight and
every time I unrolled it to read, it curled back up. Actually it is
Jasonville High.
Thanks to those of you that caught my error.

Sincerely and best wished,

Del
Del Black
In the beautiful Tehachapi
Mountains of California

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