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The State of Mississippi       
Jasper County 
          
This agreement made and entered into this the 19th day of June 1865 between S.W. Jones of the first part and the Ike Jones aged 21 years Sam Jones aged 22 years & James Jones aged 26 years of the Second part witnesseth that the party of the first part proposeth to hire the above named Boys from this date, until the first day of January next, and for there labor during said time I promise to give each one 30 Bushels of corn food clothing & medical attendance And we the parties of the Second part hereby bind ourselves to the party of the first part [[crossed out]] the [[/crossed out]] to tender the usual amount of manual labor from this time until the first day of January next, for the above specified compensation, and we further bind ourselves to abide by the regulations prescribed in an Order Eminating from the agent of Freedmans Bureau