Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
Preprinted and left blank, “Oath of Allegiance to the United States Government,” 10” x 8,” minor old folds, else clean. The text in part reads, “ ... do solemnly swear that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States, and the Provisional Government of the State of Missouri, against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign; that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any State Convention or Legislature to the contrary notwithstanding; and, further, that I will well and faithfully perform all the duties which may be required of me by the laws of the United States. ... SAFEGUARD. And this oath, taken and subscribed by the foresaid, shall be his safeguard unless violated in any of its obligations. T.A. Switzler Major Provost Marshal Gen., S.W. Dist. Mo.” During the war, Missouri was claimed by both the Union and the Confederacy and had two competing state governments, and sent representatives to both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress.
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