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[[underlined]] Applications for working hands [[/underlined]]

-Aug 21st-
[[underlined]] H. M. Drane [[/underlined]] Supt W&M.R.R.
wants 50 or 60 able bodied men to work on R. R. track. [[underlined]] Wages [[/underlined]] $12 pr month & rations 
[[underlined]] Rations [[/underlined]] 1 pk meal & 4 lbs Pork per week.
Would employ for 30 days or 12 months

-24-
[[underlined]] T. C. McIlhenny [[/underlined]] near mouth Brunswick river
Wants hands for mill, getting timber floating it to town &c  [[underlined]] Wages [[/underlined]] $10 pr month for best hands $8 for ordinary [[underlined]] Rations [[/underlined]] 4 lb. meat 1 pk meal 1 pt molasses pr week also house garden & firewood.
Four teamsters wanted

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[[underlined]] D.S. Cowan [[/underlined]] Brinkly Station W. & M. R. R.
Wants 8 or 10 hands for cutting wood
Same terms as Mr McIlhenny - above

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[[underlined]] Rev A. P. Repiton [[/underlined]] Wilmington N.C.
Wants a good cook washer & ironer take them on trial for one month Wants also an orphan girl

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[[underlined]] J.D. Powers [[/underlined]] near Leesburg station New Hanover Cty
Wants 3 or 4 hands on Plantation and turpentine still. [[underlined]] Wages [[/underlined]] from $5 to $10. pr month & [[underlined]] rations [[/underlined]] - give as much meat as RRP- Wants also a boy 14 or 15 years old to work at stables & house  Wages Rations & clothes