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Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands

Head Quarters Sub District of Robeson 
Lumberton N.C. Sept 12th 1865

This indenture made and entered into on the 12th day of Sept A.D. 1865 between AK McLellan of the county of Robeson and State of North Carolina of the first part and the undersigned freed laborer of the second part Witnesseth that the said A K McLellan agrees to pay the said Laborer six bushels of corn from the 27th of April to the 27th of August AD 1865. And the said laborer do futher agree [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] to remain from the 27th day of August 1865 till the 1st day of January AD 1866 for his usual rations of food clothing shoes [[strikethrough]] Hat & [[/strikethrough]] and one dollar in current money and ordinary medical attendance

[[signature]] A. K. McLellan [[/signature]]
James his X mark McLellan

Witnessed and approved
[[signature]] James Sinclair [[/signature]]
Agt. Bureau