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Articles of Agreement made and entered into this eleventh day of April A.D. 1868. between Bvt Major J.M. Brown, Disbursing Officer Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands of the one part, and A Gleason of Washington City District of Colum of the other part.

This Agreement witnesseth, That the said Bvt Maj. J.M. Brown D.O. Bureau R F. and A.L for and on behalf of the United States of America, and the said A Gleason his heirs, executors and administrators, have covenanted and agreed and by these presents do mutually covenant and agree to and with each other as follows, namely:-

First . . . That the said A Gleason, his heirs executors and administrators, shall load and transport from the Sand Bank at Barry Farm near Uniontown D.C. to square No 1054. "Capitol Hill" Washington D.C., and unload, all the sand required in the construction of the tenement houses now being erected by the Bureau R.F.A.L on said square (1054) - If required by said Bt Major J.M. Brown D.O. One thousand (1000) bushels shall be delivered in any one week-

Second . . . None but good building sand, suitable for plastering shall be loaded and transported

Third . . . In consideration of whereof the said A. Gleason shall receive the sum of ($7.75) Seven dollars and seventy five cents for every One hundred bushels (100 bushels) of sand delivered as above, the amount delivered to be ascertained from the tally kept by a person