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I have never borne arms [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] against the Federal Government nor given aid [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] and comfort to the Rebelion, only in the act of volunteering and that I did through policy, but that one act has rendered it so perhaps, that I cannot take the oath, which would be required of me to take before accepting any office in the Government.

Yours &c
[[signature]] Richard Short [[/signature]]