In Congress, February 3, 1778
Subtitle: Resolved, that every officer who holds or shall hereafter hold a commission or office from Congress, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation ...
Contributors: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824.; Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1778
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Loyalty oaths -- United States.; United States -- Officials and employees.
Notes: Four resolutions of the Continental Congress concerning the loyalty oath.
Signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary.
Imprint supplied from Evans.
LC copy annotated on verso: Resolves of Congress directing all Continental officers to take the Oaths of Allegiance &c. Febr. 3d 1778. Also annotated: Oath of Allegiance to the United States.
Source: Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
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Evans 16113
Journals of the Continental Congress, 197