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I John H. King Clerk of the United States District Court in and for the Northern District of the state of Alabama and an Officer of the Government of the United States do hereby certify that Elias Robinson the claimant herein has taken the oath of Alligiance to the Government of the United States pursuant to the proclamation of the President of the 8th of December 1863 and at the time his said claim originated was loyal to the United States and has been ever since; and I further certify that James Pollard and Reuben Street the witnesses to said declaration are known to me to be credible persons and loyal to the Government of the United States

John H King
Clerk

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