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[[image - Stamp. Inter. Revenue Certificate Five Cents]]

No. 367.

Articles of Agreement made and concluded this Eleventh day of November, 1865, between Dick' Richards and Woodward Due
of Wash' City, County of Washington, [[strikethrough]] State [[/strikethrough]]Dist of Columbia, party of the first part and V. R. Sturgis, of Brooks Station, County of Stafford, State of Maryland, party of the second part.

The said Dick Richards and Woodward Due free laborers, agree to enter the service of the said V. R. Sturgis as Choppers, and, also, that they will faithfully and diligently apply themselves and perform the duties of Choppers, on the Premises of said V. R. Sturgis, and answer all the reasonable requirements of the said V. R. Sturgis, for, and during the space of one Year, from the 13th day of November, 1865; and they further agree that their employer shall retain one-fourth their monthly wages until the expiration of their term of service.

And the said V. R. Sturgis, hereby agrees to employ them (the said freed laborers) for the term of One Year, as aforesaid, and to pay for their services the sum set opposite their respective names, per month-(one-fourth of which shall be retained each month), and all stoppages and arrearages promptly paid at the expiration of their respective terms of service, to-wit: 


To [[strikethrough]] V. R. Sturgis [[/strikethrough] ]$  To Dick Richards daily $ 50 Cents 
To  $  To Woodward Due daily $ 30 Cents 
To  $  To  $

in equal monthly payments; and the said V. R. Sturgis, further agrees to furnish said freed laborers above named, quarters, fuel, full substantial and healthy rations, and all [[strikethrough]] necessary medical [[/strikethrough]] attendance and supplies in case of sickness, [[strikethrough]] in addition to the compensation above named, [[/strikethrough]] and that he will assist and encourage efforts for the education of the children of his employees. And it is further agreed by the said V .R. Sturgis, that in case he at any time fails to perform his part of the agreement, he will pay to the said laborers the full sum of One Hundred & twenty dollars, as fixed, agreed and liquidated damages.

In testimony whereof, they have herewith set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.

SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED, IN PRESENCE OF
J. V. W. Vandenburgh Chge of Office - 

V. R. Sturgis [[image - Seal]]  Dick X his mark Richards [[image - Seal]]
{L. S.} Woodward X his mark Due [[image - Seal]]
{L. S.} {L. S.}

Registered at Freedmans Intelligence Office, the 11th day of November, 1865.
Wm. F. Spurgin
Captain and Superintendent.
Dist. Columbia
Bureau R. F. & A. L.

(DUPLICATE.)

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