Resolved, That every officer who holds or shall hereafter hold a commission or office from Congress shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : I do acknowledge the United States of America to be free, independent and sovereign States,... The Genealogical Exchange - Page 851904Full view - About this book
| Livingston Watrous - 1927 - 44 pages
...to the complete ostracism of the other nations of the world, "I, Alexd Scammcl, Col. and Adj. Gen'l, do acknowledge the United States of America to be...Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain ; and I renounce, refuse and... | |
| John Thomson Faris - Historic buildings - 1927 - 390 pages
...charge of officers who took an oath like the following: " I, James Glentworth of the 6th Penya Reg, do acknowledge the United States of America to be...Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain, and I renounce, refuse and abjure... | |
| 1898 - 792 pages
...both revenge and the gratification of his own ambition. He turned to do acknowledge the UNITED SPATES of AMERICA to be Free, Independent and Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great-Britain ; and I renounce, refufe and... | |
| George Washington - Government publications - 1778 - 638 pages
...take and subscribe the following Oath or Affirmation according to the Circumstances of the Parties. I do acknowledge The United States of America to be...Sovereign States and declare that the People thereof owe no Allegiance or Obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain and I renounce refuse and abjure... | |
| American essays - 1901 - 972 pages
...read the familiar oath of allegiance in a steady voice, and not without approval in his tone : — " I do acknowledge the United States of America to be...sovereign states, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain ; and I renounce, refuse and... | |
| National Archives (U.S.) - Archives - 1935 - 1000 pages
...fidelity, according to the beft of my (kill and underftanding. I do acknowledge the UNITED sX A T« S of AMERICA to be Free, Independent and Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great-Britain ; and I renounce, refufc and... | |
| Indiana - 1924 - 154 pages
...the enemies of his adopted country." KALE'S OATH OF ALLEGIANCE I, John Baron de Kalb, Major General, do acknowledge the United States of America to be...Sovereign States, and declare, that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain; and I renounce, refuse, and... | |
| United States - 1923 - 428 pages
...school room at Williamsburg I, jp*-r** <**~ ~~ acknowledge the UNI T;E I> *S * ATES of- A MEx» RICA to be Free, Independent and Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedienbe to George the Third, King of Great-Britain j and I renounce, refufe and... | |
| Alexander Hamilton, Harold Coffin Syrett, Jacob Ernest Cooke - United States - 1961 - 678 pages
...1778] I Alexander Hamilton Lieutenant Colonel and Aide De Camp to His Excellency The commander in Chief do acknowledge the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, to be...Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great-Britain; and I renounce, refuse and objure... | |
| United States. Naval History Division - United States - 2005 - 1606 pages
...commission or office from Congress, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: I, do acknowledge the United States of America to be....sovereign states, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience, to George the third, king of Great Britain; and I renounce, refuse and... | |
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