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Office of Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen &c.
Lumberton Robeson Co.
Aug 31st 1865

This agreement made and entered into day and date above mentioned between William Rice Planter of Robeson Co. of the one part and Batimore Rice Colored Freedman of the other part witnesseth that the said Will, Rice agrees to pay the said Freedman 12 Bushels corn and the crop which belongs to said Freedman as compensation for his labor since the 27th of April 1865, And the aforesaid Batimore Rice on his part agrees to accept the above compensation [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] in full of all demand to date,

W Rice
Batimore his x mark Rice

Approved and witnessed
James Sinclair
Agent Bureau,  

Transcription Notes:
need help with 1st name of Freedman B. Rice Man's name is Batimore, Civil War Record and Marriage Record.