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- GLC#
- GLC00170
- Type
- Broadsides, posters & signs
- Date
- July 4, 1776
- Author/Creator
- Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814
- Title
- [Oath of allegiance to the independence of the United States]
- Place Written
- Exeter, New Hampshire
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Signed by 12 men, including two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Robert Treat Paine and Matthew Thornton. Paine's signature is unusual because he is from Massachusetts. Certifies that the signers, "Do solemnly swear, that I do renounce, refuse, and abjure, any Allegiance, or Obedience to George the III, King of Great Britain: and that I will to the utmost of my Power, support, maintain and defend the Independence of all the United States of America." Goes on to state that the signers also swear an oath of allegiance to the state of New Hampshire. Other political leaders that signed are Meshech Weare (the first president of New Hampshire), Leverett Hubbard, John Wentworth, John Parker, John Pickering, John Prentice, Moses Parsons, Benjamin Butler, Samuel Shackford.
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