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quality lead paint and linseed oil ; color, &c., according to the direction 

 of the committee. 



CONTRACT. 



An agreement, of two parts, made this 6th day of March, in the year 

 one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, between George B. Loring, 

 Charles P. Preston and Royal A. Merriam, a committee appointed by 

 the Es'sex Agricultural Society, for the purpose of building a barn on 

 the Treadwell Farm, in Topsfield, on the one part, and John H. Potter, 

 of Topsfield, on the other part, as follows, viz. : — 



That I, the said Potter, shall, at my own cost and charges, provide all 

 and every kind of materials, and of the best quality ; also, perform all 

 and every kind of labor required, together with the tools, carting, imple- 

 ments, &c., necessary for a complete finish of a building for the said 

 committee, on the Treadwell Farm, in Topsfield, agreeably to plans and 

 specifications annexed. 



The work to be commenced immediately, and to be forwarded with 

 all reasonable dispatch, so that it may be completed on or before the 

 30th day of June, 1862, and so delivered up to the entire satisfaction of 

 said committee. 



In case of any delay on the part of said Potter, in providing suitable 

 materials, or in forwarding the works with such dispatch as is thought 

 proper by the said committee, it shall be lawful for the said committee, 

 after giving three days' notice, in writing, to the said Potter, without 

 effect, to furnish materials and employ workmen to complete the works 

 within the time agreed upon ; the amount or amounts of bill or bills 

 incurred thereby for materials and labor to be deducted from the con- 

 tract amount, or any moneys which may be due to the said Potter. 



The said Potter does for his heirs, administrators and assigns, hereby 

 promise and agree, to and with the said committee, to well and truly 

 perform all the works of every kind mentioned and contained in the 

 foregoing particulars, and according to the plans prepared and referred 

 to, and subject to the conditions above recited, at and for the sum of 

 eleven hundred and twenty-five dollars. 



In consideration that the said Potter shall well and truly perform the 

 whole of the foregoing, agreeably and in every respect with the condi- 

 tions above recited, the said committee agree to pay, or cause to be paid, 

 to the said Potter, the sum of money before mentioned, and in separate 

 payments, as follows, viz. : — 



When the frame of the bam is raised, three hundred dollars. 



When the barn is boarded, shingled, and the roof made tight, and the 

 sides clai)-boarded, three hundred dollars. 

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