Colony of Massachusett's-Bay, 1776.
Subtitle: We the subscribers, do each of us severally for ourselves, profess, testify and declare, before God and the world, that we verily believe that the war, resistance and opposition in which the United American Colonies are now engaged, against the fleets and armies of Great-Britain, is on the part of said colonies, just and necessary. And we do hereby severally promise, covenant and engage ..
Contributors: Massachusetts.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 14840; Early American imprints -- no. 43064
Publisher: Printed by Benjamin Edes
Published: 1776
Place of publication: [Watertown, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Loyalty oaths -- Massachusetts; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
Notes: The so-called "test oath" as prescribed by an act passed by the Massachusetts General Court on May 1, 1776

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Printed area measures 15.4 x 14.5 cm. Lower half of sheet is blank for subscribers' names

Evans 14840

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Shipton & Mooney 43064

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Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14840)

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43064)