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refuse to fulfil any of the obligations assumed by him, he shall beside the Legal recourse left to the party or parties agrieved render this Contract liable to annulment at the option of the Authority having cognizance in such matters - And in case either of the said undersigned Laborers shall voluntarily absent himself or herself from - or shall neglect, or refuse to perform the Labor herein specified or to fulfil all the stipulations herein mentioned and agreed to by them and the fact shall be proven to the satisfaction of the proper Officer, the offending party shall forfeit whatever may be due at the time, and may be discharged from said employment at the option of said Henry B Pettibone Agt. In testimony whereof the said parties of the first and second parts have affixed their names to this Agreement the day and date being first above written.-- Henry B Pettibone Names Dan his X mark Maiden Alex his X mark Dunbar Dan'l his X mark Tucker Moro his X mark Dunbar Names Gustis his X mark Dunbar Mosella her X mark Dunbar Addison his X mark Dillon Betsy her X mark Parker Amandy her X mark Dunbar Flora her X mark Dunbar Delila her X mark Taylor Laura her X mark Tucker Albert his X mark Sovey Names DuCilla her X mark Allens Delphy her X mark Brooks Billy his X mark Brooks Analiza her X mark Gordon Arthur his X mark Tucker Jim his X mark Brown Jno his X mark Parker Letty her X mark Brooks Josefine her X mark Scott Witnesses
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The witness names display an X in the middle of each name with the words "his"/"her"" and "mark" on the top and bottom of the X, respectively. These have been represented in double brackets for clarity. It seems that the witnesses may have been illiterate because all the signatures seem to be written by the same hand, but the X's are each distinctive.
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