| From the Tarboro (N. C.) Southerner |
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| March 14, 1863 |
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| 300 Negroes Wanted |
| The undersigned desire to hire three
hundred hands to work on the grading of the Chatham Railroad. |
| The line runs through a healthy country,
on a high ridge, and all hands employed on the road, will be well fed
and cared for. We will hire either by the month or the year. |
| Apply to us at Cary 8 miles west of
Raleigh, or at Haywood, or at Lockville, Chatham county, N. C. |
| I. N. Clegg, & Co., Contractor |
| References |
| K. P. Battle, Pres't Chatham R. R. Company, Raleigh,
and W. J. Hawkins, Pres't Raleigh & Gaston R. R. Company, Raleigh. |
| {Probably printed as early as
2/14/63, but no issues from that period survive} |
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