Examination of Jasper Thomas

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Title: Examination of Jasper Thomas
Alternate Title: Oath of Loyalty
Creator: Jasper Thomas
Description: This is Jasper Thomas's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Thomas, a 21-year-old native of Mercer County, Missouri, states that he served in the Federal army during the war. He also says that he "felt sad" upon hearing of the Federal defeat at Bull Run in 1861. The oath is No. 194 in a bound volume.
Date: 1866
Local Subject: Surviving a Guerrilla War
People: Jasper Thomas
Geographic Subject: Liberty, Missouri
Clay County, Missouri
Mercer County, Missouri
Object Type: Government Document
Owning Organization: Charles F. Curry Library, William Jewell College
Location: William Jewell Special Collections, Missouri Collection, E2: Volume 1.
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