Test-Oath, Missouri

Test-Oath, Missouri
Test-Oath, Missouri
The terms of the oath required the affiant to deny, not only that he had ever been in armed hostility to the United States, or to the lawful authorities thereof, but that he had ever 'by act or word', manifested his adherence to the cause of the enemies of the United States

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