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This Contract made this 12th day of March 1864 between Messrs Fink and Bushy Employer's and George Washington Marida Wheeler Jerry Westbrook Maria Sims Mandy Miller Susan Francis Geo Henry Miller Winey Elizabeth Miller Wm Foster Miller Freed Laborers: Witnesseth: that said, Messrs Fink and Bushy, agrees to employ said laborers on their plantation from the [[strikethrough]] 12 [[/strikethrough]] 16 day of [[strikethrough]] March [[/strikethrough]] 1864 to the day of 186. on the terms prescribed in the Code of Rules and Regulations for leasing abandoned property and hiring freedmen; and the said laborers agree to be diligent and faithful hands while in their employ; it being understood and agreed that this contract is subject to the provisions of said Code, by which all parties hereto agree to be governed. Fink & Bushy In presence of. George Washington Marida Wheeler Jerry Westbrook Maria Sims Mandy Miller Susan Francis George Henry Miller Winey Elizabeth Miller Wm Foster Miller