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Oath to Uphold Confederate Constitution - One Month before Surrender.

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Oath to Uphold Confederate Constitution - One Month before Surrender.
Partly printed form, Wilcox County, Ala., Mar. 11, 1865, in which Constable Robert J. Adams posts $1,000 bond, and pledges allegiance to the Confederate Constitution. 7 1/2 x 12 1/2, both sides. Signed twice by Adams and Probate Judge Z.S. Cook, and once by W.M. Blackmon and E. Williamson. "I...do solemly 'sic] swear that I will support the Constitution of the Confederate States, and the Constitution of the State of Ala., and that I have not...given...a Challenge...to fight with deadly weapons, either in or out of this State...." On precious laid tan paper, with stationer's crest, uniform toning, breaks but no separations at folds, chipping at three corners affecting no text, else very good.