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NARA 243

Madison Co Mississippi
July 12th 1868

J B Holt Agt Bu R F A L

Sir

I have just received your communication by the hands of Freedman Benj Thompson, and have to say, he has made a gross misreprisentation of the cause of his leaving the premises.  I employed him and his wife Racheal about the first of March, on condition they would work four days for me, and two for themselves each week.  They taking Fridays and Saturdays 

I, to furnish provisions, team, tools and land.  They, to return to me the amount of corn used for their bread, when made.  Laura came about one month later on the same terms.  Eliza near a month after Laura, on the same terms, with the addition of her paying twenty dollars for the work already performed, to be apportioned to the others and myself.

They worked pretty well until the hot days set in, when they began to

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-02-29 14:17:29 really dont need to add two spaces after end of sentences,