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United States of America 
Department of State.
To all whom these presents shall come, greeting: 

I certify that Cornelius E. Thames of the county of Dallas, state of Alabama, has deposited in this Department his original [oath?], hearing date the [[tenth?]] day of October 1865, being in the form prescribed by the President's Proclamation of May 29 1865. 

In testimony whereof I, William H. Seward Secretary of State of the United States have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this eighteenth day of October A.D. 1865 - & of the Independence of the United States the ninetieth.
(Signed) William H. Seward.
[[image]] drawn seal with "Seal." inside [[/image]]