Sharecrop agreement of the 1830s

              A SHARECROP AGREEMENT OF THE 1830s
March 8, 1835
An article of an agreement Between me & Thomas McDougal for my place which he has taken on Shares with me as follows
1 to Laying all my part of fence on Said lot
2 to Repairing the windows & By Sow Douing (so doing) has the place to the halves the garden excepted
the Corne potatos to Be devided in the Basket the hay to Be put in the Barne and there Devided the work to Be Done in Season and in a workman Like maner and to git in mud out of the medow Between me & Brown. They are to kep the Bildings in as good repair
As we found them except the natural wear Likewise he is to have wat wood he wants
to Burne of that Down or any My Standing the (—?) feed he has one half & I the other half, he to find one half Seed & I the other half, the above agreement we Boath agree to Winchester March 8 - 1835
Thomas McDougal
(signatures)
Abner Barden
Sharecropper agreement found in wastebook and customers' ledger dated Jan-uary 1824 to November 1835. The ledger originally belonged to Abner Barden a hatter of Richmond, New Hampshire and is now in the Accounting Collection, Rare Book Room, University of Florida library.