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Examination of James Walker
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This is James Walker's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Walker, a 69-year-old Virginia native, states that he has resided in Missouri for 18 years. When asked how he manifested his loyalty to the Government during the war, Walker replies, "by remaining quiet." The oath is No. 148 in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Examination of Joel H. Martin
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This is Joel H. Martin's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Martin, a native of Kentucky, states that he has lived in Missouri for 34 years. He says he served in the State Guard during the war and "was arrested on suspicion of being a bushwhacker and was under arrest six weeks." He was later acquitted of the charge. The oath is contained in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Nebraska and Kansas
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This color map, entitled “Nebraska and Kansas,” shows those two territories, the territory acquired from Mexico in 1854, and a small map of the continental United States. The map was published in 1854 by J.H. Colton and Co. in New York.
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Map
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1854
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Examination of Nathan D. Law
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This is Nathan D. Law's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Law, a 35-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he has lived in Missouri for 10 years and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 153 in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of James F. Hughes
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This is James F. Hughes's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Hughes describes himself as a 29-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri who was born in Boone County, Missouri. He states that during the Civil War he "stayed home nearly all the time." The oath, labeled No. 128 in a bound volume, was signed by Hughes in 1866.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of Mercer Bushsen
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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.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of Joseph H. Jenkins
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This unsigned 1866 Oath of Loyalty bears the name of Joseph H. Jenkins. The document is No. 134 in a bound volume of loyalty oaths given by citizens of Liberty Township in Clay County, Missouri between 1866 and 1868.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of William B. Arnold
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This is William B. Arnold's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Arnold describes himself as a 38-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, who was born in Kentucky. He states that he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government during the Civil War "by taking up arms." The oath, labeled No. 116 in a bound volume, was signed by Arnold in 1866.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Examination of Michil Arthur
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This is Michil Arthur's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Arthur, a 66-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, originally from Kentucky, states that he remained loyal to the United States Government during the Civil War, though he performed no explicit acts of loyalty nor of disloyalty. The oath, No. 6 in a bound volume, was signed by Arthur in 1866.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Examination of John R. Courtney
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This is John R. Courtney's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Courtney, a native of Kentucky, states that he has lived in Missouri for 27 years. He says that in 1862 he was enrolled by the military authorities as "disloyal--but against my wishes." Courtney was also required to give bond, although "at the time I told Col[.] Penick I could prove my loyalty." The oath is No. 246 in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Examination of R. Fisher
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This 1866 Oath of Loyalty document bears the name of R. Fisher. Fisher, a 47-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 13 years. He states, "I am willing to take the Oath to support the Constitution but can not take the whole Oath of Loyalty." The document is contained in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of John S. Reynolds
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This is John S. Reynolds's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Reynolds, a 29-year-old native of Clay County, Missouri, states that he manifested his loyalty during the war by staying at home, and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 187 in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of Edward Pickett
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This is Edward Pickett's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Pickett, a native of North Carolina, states that he has lived in Clay County, Missouri for 37 years. He declines to answer the question regarding his loyalty during the war. The oath is No. 255 in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of Benjamin White
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This 1866 loyalty examination document bears the name Benjamin White. White, a 27-year-old Missouri native, states that he resides in Clay County, Missouri and admits, "I have sympathized with the Rebellion and do not wish to take the Oath of Loyalty." The document is contained in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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Examination of William Belcher
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This is William Belcher's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Belcher, a 28-year-old South Carolina native, states that he has resided in Missouri for ten years and did not leave the state during the war. This oath is No. 146 in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of William G. Garth
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This is William G. Garth's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Garth, a 34-year-old Kentucky native, states that he has lived in Missouri for 10 years and was enrolled by the military authorities as "loyal" in 1862. The oath is No. 214 in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of James Sullivan
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This is James Sullivan's 1866 Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Sullivan states that he has resided in Liberty, Missouri for 27 years. The oath is No. 138 in a bound volume.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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From W.L. Wood to W.P. Howard
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This letter, dated July 19, 1861, is from W.L. Wood in Liberty Landing, Missouri to Col. W.P. Howard in St. Louis. Wood informs Howard that he went to Lexington, Missouri with state troops and planned to travel farther south, but "did not precisely understand" Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson's intentions. He expresses ambivalence about Jackson, but supports his stance against Lincoln, and declares that he wants "to see Lincoln's troops whipped."
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July 19, 1861
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Examination of R.C. Ewing
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This is R.C. Ewing's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Ewing, a 33-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government during the Civil War by "obeying the laws of the country." The oath, labeled No. 123 in a bound volume, was signed by Ewing in 1866.
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Government Document
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1866
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Examination of James Love
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This is James Love's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Love, a 45-year-old resident of Liberty, Missouri, states that during the Civil War, he "considered my enemies as the enemies of the Govt.," and that he "felt very badly" when he heard of the defeat of the Federal army at Bull Run in 1861. The oath, labeled No. 50 in a bound volume, was signed by Love in 1866.
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Government Document
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Date
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1866
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