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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