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The following agreement made & entered into between W. Murrah and laborers on said Murrah's plantation, the said plantation lying & being situated, on both sides of the State line, dividing the States of Ala & Miss, in the Counties of Pickens & Lowndes, known as W. Murrah's plantation. Witnesseth, the party of the first part, agrees & binds himself to feed, cloth, shelter, supply medical attention, & make such other provisions for the maintenance & comfort of said laborers, as he has been accustomed to do, till the end of the present year, & when ripe & gathered, distribute among said laborers; one seventh part of the corn & molasses crops, now growing on said plantation. The said laborers to be classed by themselves, according to merit & each one receives a distributive share, of one seventh part of the corn & molasses crops accordingly. This provision is entered [[note]] Approved E.R. Bennett Asst Pro Mar Freedmen [[/note]]