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Oath

I C. C. Gewin, do solemnly swear that I have never voluntarily bourne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, continuance, 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 of the United States; that I have not yielded A voluntary support to any pretended authority power or Constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
And I do further Swear or Affirm that to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic; that I will bear true and faithful and allegiance to the same, that I take this