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Farriorville Ala March 16th 1867 Comd Freedmans Bureau Sir I have some freedmen employed cultivating my farm, there is some two or three of the men when I tell them to do a job, [[maers?]] not what it is they wont do it, they frequently tell me they won't do it. I want their labor I dont want to turn them off, will you be so kind as to inform me how to manage those hands to the best advantage? Yours Respectfully, S C [[K?]] Pennington
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Added some punctuation to the text and corrected a few misspellings (Respectfly to Respectfully)