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[[embossed seal]]

I, Robert Blair, do swear that I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me as Sub Asst. Commmr  B. of R. F and A. L. in the Sub. Dist. of Tusculousa.
[[illegible]] further solemnly swear that I have not voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of, any office whatever under any authority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto. And I do further swear that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and defend the Constitution of the united States against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

R Blair

Sworn before the subscriber, Sub. Asst. Comm B. of R. F. and A. L. for the Sub. Dist. of Tuscaloosa, this seventeenth day of April, A. D. 1867; and I also certify that the person above named is above the age of sixteen years, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Wm. H. H. Peck
Capt. Vet. Res. Corp.

Transcription Notes:
The seal looks like it might have the initials of V.R.Co - Vet. Res. Corp.