Oaths of Office
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content: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Alabama, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1870
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content: 1865–69
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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content: NMAAHC.FB.M809, Series 20
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content: Archival materials
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content: The unbound oaths of office, 1865–69, which are arranged alphabetically by surname of the individual who took the oath of loyalty to the United States. These oaths were required by an act of July 2, 1862 (12 Stat. 502), for all officeholders whether elected or appointed.