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Hdqrs Sub. dist. of Winchester
Bur. R.F. & A.L.
Winchester, Miss
Sept 2d 1867

Col.

I have the honor to report my operations as sub-asst. Com'r for the month of August as follows:

[[left margin]]No. of freedpeople [[/left margin]] About (3000) in the four counties of my sub. dist. the majority of which are in Wayne County.

[[left margin]]Condition [[/left margin]] Their condition generally is very good, as far as my personal observation extends, and they usually receive all the compensation their services entitle them to.

[[left margin]]Nature of the Contracts[[/left margin]]The contracts are mostly verbal, very few written contracts are drawn up and both parties White & black usually work on shares, the freedmen some times furnishing their own provisions, generally however provisions & clothing are furnished by the party hiring the freedman, and the cost of the same is deducted upon the final settlement when the crops are gathered and ready for the market.

[[left margin]]Number sick etc[[/left margin]]There are but few, if any, sick, old or infirm suffering from want in my Sub-dist.

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