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Lownds County Ala
April 23rd 1867
Agent Freedmens Bureau
Montgomery

For the information of myself and several others of this neighborhood I desire to call your attention to the following - and respectfully ask a full and explicit reply by the bearer. Viz
I have at my house a Freedman who made and signed a contract with me - Am I at liberty to hire him? Or do I run any risk in doing so after he declares most positively that he parters to whom he hired failed in his portion of the contract and that he will not under any circumstances return and further that if I dont hire him he will take his wife and mother (two of my hands) away with him
The bearer of this is the Freedman referred to and you can get any information you may have from him on the subject
Respectfully
W. H. Crawford