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Contract for Labor
This indenture made and entered in to on 26th Day Dec 1865 between Thos Lilland of the Country of Edgecomb and State North Carolina of the first Part and the undersigned Free laborers of the secent Part
Witnesseth that the said laborers have agreed to work for the said Man from this date to the 1st day January 1867 to do all kinds of labor common to the farmers of the County to work Ten hours per day to do thier work faithfully and to be respectfull in thier deportment and they further agree that one half of thier Monthly Pay shal be retained by the said Man till This end of work year and that the Amount so Retained Shal be forfeited by A violation of thier contract and they further agree that times Lost