Examination of Mercer Bushsen

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Title: Examination of Mercer Bushsen
Alternate Title: Oath of Loyalty
Creator: Mercer Bushsen
Description: This is Mercer Bushsen's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Bushsen, a 71-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has resided in Missouri for 31 years and manifested his loyalty during the war "by obeying the laws and staying at home and attending to my own business." The oath is No. 157 in a bound volume.
Date: 1866
Local Subject: Surviving a Guerrilla War
People: Mercer Bushsen
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.
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