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that you will see that they are fairly dealt by in the matter of wages - provided always that they work well and conduct themselves properly. Your Agent Judge Mossingale can attend to any contract for these at this place; those at my Red Clyffe place in [Reener?] and at my Aston Dale place in Clark County can be attended by your agents in those counties.

I wish an order for the blacks on such places for them to remain and go to work if I desire it.

I will submit the names of all on the different places and their respective grades as workers & non-workers and I will try either by your own aid or that of your agent to give them just compensation - The order for this place, indeed for all should be informative on account of small pox being among them. I think a published order if practicable forbiding them going to Augusta during Chris