Swearing to support the Constitution of the United States, in a partly printed document for Guilford County, North Carolina, completed in manuscript and signed by the oath taker Mathew Hedgcock of Guilford County, 15 September, 1865; also signed by Justices of the Peace William A. Caldwell and Joseph A. Houston by [NORTH CAROLINA] [AMNESTY OATH]
by [NORTH CAROLINA] [AMNESTY OATH]
Swearing to support the Constitution of the United States, in a partly printed document for Guilford County, North Carolina, completed in manuscript and signed by the oath taker Mathew Hedgcock of Guilford County, 15 September, 1865; also signed by Justices of the Peace William A. Caldwell and Joseph A. Houston
by [NORTH CAROLINA] [AMNESTY OATH]
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This oath of amnesty includes a passage regarding African Americans: "[I will] abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves." Old folds, but very good.
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