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0781 I James Berry do solemnly swear in the presence of almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws of the United States, and of the state of Mississippi in subordination thereto; and that I will respect and obey in their several departments the civil and the military officers of the United States, not excepting those of the Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands; that I will encourage others so to do: and that I take this oath without evasion or mental reservation; so help me God. James Berry Sworn and subscribed before me an agent of the Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for the subdistrict of Rosedale Miss - this fifth fourth (4) day of January 1868 - J.R. Webster Agt. Bu. R.F.& A.L. In Duplicate