Examination of Joseph Simms

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Title: Examination of Joseph Simms
Alternate Title: Oath of Loyalty
Creator: Joseph Simms
Description: This is Joseph Simms's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Simms, a 61-year-old Virginia native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 36 years and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 170 in a bound volume.
Date: 1866
Local Subject: Surviving a Guerrilla War
People: Joseph Simms
Geographic Subject: Liberty, Missouri
Clay 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.
Rights: For more information on using this image, contact Charles F. Curry Library at: William Jewell College, 500 College Hill, Liberty MO 64068, Phone: (816) 415-7620, E-mail: hamlettr@william.jewell.edu Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from William Jewell College. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to William Jewell College.