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Contract
No 2
State of Mississippi Lowndes County
Contract made and Entered into between William B Harrington of the first part and Luck Blewit and Mary his Wife and Mariah and Becca and Robert all of the second part agrees to hire to the party of the first part commencing Janry the 1. 1866 Janry 1. 1867 and they agree to Do good and faithful Labor and further agrees to furnish their own Clothing and pay their own Doctors Bill and Deduct all lost time Either from sickness or otherwise now the party of the first part agrees to furnish good and suficient Rations and house Rent and fuel and he further agrees to pay them at the End of the year 1866 Six hundred and thirty six Dollars in the curency of the country now the parties of the Second part agrees to get up when my white hands gets up and go to work when they go and come when they come Eat when they Eat and Do all things common about the house and yard and feeding of stock as the white ones Do now if the parties of the Second part fails to comply with the above Rules there Shall be so mutch Deducted from ther wages as two Disinterested citerzeans may Say

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