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HEADQUARTERS
DISTRICT OF} BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS.{ MISSISSIPPI.
OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER. 
FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
Vicksburg, Miss. Jany 22nd 1867.

I hereby promise and agree on the word and honor of a gentleman that the freedmen to be transported by me to [[strikethrough]] my [[/strikethrough]] the plantation of Jay Anderson in Coahoma county this state, shall be used by me for planting purposes and other necessary farm labor on [[strikethrough]] my [[/strikethrough]] the said plantation and that I will not sell or otherwise transfer any order of transportation on fare or passage upon such order that I will actually transport the parties named in the contract to be made under the provisions of the 3rd paragraph of the 2nd section of the Bureau Regulations contained in circular #21 [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] series of 1866, from office Asst Commissioner Bureau R. F and A. L for State of Mississippi to the place of destination named in said contract.

J. Warner

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