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Tuskegee Ala Feb' 14th 1866 Sir I wish some information in regard to contracts made with freedmen & approved before Lieut Smith Freedmans Bureau at this place - Should they leave under a Contract & be arrested as vagrants, does that relieve them from the Contract or are they by law required to return to their former employer & fill the Contract unless good cause can be shown why said Contract shall be void Your early answer as above will oblige Very Resp Yours obt Bolin W Starke JP for Macon County To Brig Gen Swayne Montgomery Ala