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Know all men by these presents that I H.J. Dean of this county of Hardeman & state of Tennessee am hired & firmly bound to Dave Dean a colored laborer in the sum of 120 dollars to be paid in paper currency of the country. I bind my self by this presance in the contract, that I am to furnish the said Dave Dean with two summer suits of clothes and one winter suit one pare of shoes & socks and substantial rations for Twelve months work beginning with this date and ending The last day of December next to be paid in full at the close of this contract or before the final disposal of the crop which is to be Raised by him on the plantation of HJ Dean this contract to Remain in full force & action untill it is complied with and when the said Dave Dean Receives his pay in full to be nul & void and of no effect
January the 1st 1866 - H.J. Dean

the said laborer Dave Dean binds himself to be peacible orderly attentive & industrous to be duly sober & honest & not to use any indecent or insulting language to his employer or in the presance of his family & not to absent himself from the premacies of his employer without his knowledge or his family consent to be Ready early every morning for and not to idle a way time when meals are over or while at work to inform his employer of any thing that is going on wrong on or about the plantation that he may have knowledge of, loss time & misdemeanors to be deducted out of wages, not to abuse or damage stock but to obey his employer & family without grumbling & to be governed by such other Rules laws & Regulations that is or may be Required of Colored laborers to perform.  wages to be forfeited by leaving employer.

List
J.E. Bingham
Phattom

Jan 1st 1866
Approved Jan 2nd 1866
John D. Ussey agt RF&AL H.Co
By J.G.W. Fenwick ast.

Transcription Notes:
"Know all men by these presents " is a common start to these contracts. (Or Known all men by these presents) Do not mark as complete until two or fewer ?s