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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00678-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- circa 1778
- Title
- [Oath of allegiance to the United States]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 15.2 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Date inferred from the Journals of the Continental Congress circa January- February 1778. The Journals indicate that every officer who holds or is granted a commission or office from Congress should take the following oath: "I do acknowledge the UNITED STATES 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, refuse and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him ... "
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