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The State of Mississippi Jasper County. This agreement entered into this June 19th 1865 between S.W. Jones of the above county & state of the first part and Jerry Dease of the second part Witnesseth that the party of the first part proposes to keep the following named persons & furnish them with clothing food & medical attendance from this date until January next as a compensation for there labor from this time until January next. And I the said Jerry Dease the father & husband of - Harriet aged 30 years Nora age 15 Boliver aged 12 & 5 small children do bind myself that all of the above persons that are able to work shall under the usual amount of labor & abide by the regulations prescribed in an order eminating from the agent of Freedmans Bureau dated June 2nd 1865