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at Lumberton at my convenance and let him see the contracts, but it has not been convenient for me to go down and the most of the hands were doing tolerably well and as I thought and believed were well satisfied, which made me not in a hurry to see Mr Burnie But night before last John Leah Freedman who came from about Rockingham Septr 1865 and set in to work for me he works the ballance of that year and wen to Wilmington where he had Small pox and came near dieing as he stated when he returned to me in May of last year, when he made a contract to work in the farm at $10 pr month. he worked out that contract, but during the year he took a woman named Ann McLeoud for a wife she was with me last year. She had a son a plow boy. I had him last year, and at the commencement of the present year John and Ann his wife made a contract to work this year and also contracted for the boy William this year. John and William been doing as well as could be expected while Ann is lazy and did but little, though I thought they were well satisfied, but night before last they bundled up what they could take away and all left without the slightest cause and it is said they have probably gone up about Rockingham in Richmond Cty. The only cause that I can hear