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An agreement & contract made the day and date amounted by and between Sarah C. Rowan party of the first part and Mariah Bennett freedwoman, party of the second part all of the County of Lowndes and State of Mississippi, Witnesseth 

That the said party of the first part agree to pay the party of the second part the sum of fifty dollars to be paid on the first day of January 1867. it being for her labor for the year 1866, and the said party of the first part, agrees to furnish said party of the second part Comfortable quarters good & sufficient food & fuel for herself and her two children, also to give her and her two small children good and sufficient clothing & one pair of shoes for herself, And the said party of the second part agrees with the party of the first part, that her three children minus