Oath of Allegiance signed by Thomas O. Moore before Thomas Savage, Vice Consul General, Sept. 12, 1865 Funding for the creation of this digitized text is provided by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876United States. Embassy (Cuba) Creation of digital images: Center for Digital Scholarship, Rice University Creation of transcription: Woodson Research Center Conversion to TEI-conformant markup: Woodson Research Center Parsing and proofing: Fondren Library, Rice University Subject analysis and assignment of taxonomy terms: Alice Rhoades Rice University Houston, Texas 2010-06-07 aa00160

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 Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus Library of Congress Subject Headings Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names English Legal documents Moore, Thomas Overton, 1804-1876Savage, Thomas L.Loyalty oaths--United StatesReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Louisiana Cuba (nation)United States (nation)Louisiana (state)

I, Thomas Overton Moore of Louisiana do solemnly swear in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support and defend the constitution of the United States of America, and the Union of the States there in under and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamationswhich have been made during the existingrebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So Help me God.

(signed) Tho: Thomas O. Moore

Sworn to and subscribedbefore me this 12th day of September 1865.

(signed) Tho Thomas Savage U.S. Vice Consul Genl General I.S. Havana

Consulate General of the United States of AmericaHavana CubaI do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of an original document oath of allegiance on file in this officeGiven under my hand and seal of office at Havana this seventh day of October A.D. Anno Domini 1865

Tho. Thomas SavageU.S. Vice Consul Gen