Examination of W.H. Ellis

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Title: Examination of W.H. Ellis
Alternate Title: Oath of Loyalty
Creator: W.H. Ellis
Description: This is W.H. Ellis's Oath of Loyalty to the United States. Ellis, a 35-year-old resident of Clay County, Missouri, states that he was born in Tennessee and that he demonstrated his loyalty to the United States Government during the Civil War by "taking care of my family the best I could." The oath, labeled No. 120 in a bound volume, was signed by Ellis in 1866.
Date: 1866
Local Subject: Surviving a Guerrilla War
People: W.H. Ellis
Geographic Subject: Liberty, Missouri
Clay County, Missouri
Object Type: Government Document
Owning Organization: Charles F. Curry Library, William Jewell College
Location: William Jewell Special Collections, Missouri Collection, E2: Volume 1.
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