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State of Tennessee 
County of Hardeman

We Geo. W. Hardin the Employer and Pheba Hardin & Francis Hardin the Employees  All of the county and State aforesaid have entered into the following Contract
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The said G.W. Hardin hereby binds him Self to loan the aforesaid Employees and their two children and pay them such Eighty dollars ($80) for their Services during the present year  Said amount to be paid on the 25th of December next  The said Employees Pheba & Francis promise and hereby bind themselves to live with the said G.W. Hardin during the present year. And are to work by his directions and be entirely under his control.  They bind themselves to be well behaved and courteous to the said G.W. Hardin and his family, and they are to have their breakfast and get to their work by a half hour by Seven in the morning and are to work with a quick lively gait until dark Stopping, a reasonable time for dinner, They are to loose all time not employed at work and Should they fail to get to their work at the appointed time for every part of an hour thereafter they are to loose the whole hour. 
They bind themselves to furnish their own clothing and that of their own children and pay their own Doctors Bills. They are to take good care