1778 REVOLUTIONARY WAR VALLEY FORGE LOYALTY OATH WILLAM FROST MASSACHUSETTS vafo - $12,750 - (Downingtown, PA)
To see all of my items, type VAFO into the ebay search bar. HERE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE 1778 REVOLUTIONARY WAR VALLEY FORGE LOYALTY OATH. DURING THE ENCAMPMENT AT VALLEY FORGE, ALL OFFICERS WERE REQUIRED TO SWEAR THEIR OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES. THERE WERE 2 OR 3 COPIES MADE. THERE WAS A PRINTED VERSION KEPT BY THE ARMY, A MANUSCRIPT COPY SENT TO CONGRESS, AND AN ADDITIONAL MANUSCRIPT COPY KEPT BY THE SOLDIER. THIS EXAMPLE IS THE ONE SENT TO CONGRESS. THE OATH READS: I WILLIAM FROST FIRST LIEUTENANT IN COLONEL SAMUEL BREWERS REGIMENT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA TO BE FREE INDEPENDENT AND SOVEREIN 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 ANY ALLEGIANCE OR OBEDIENCE TO HIM. I DO SWEAR THAT I WILL TO THE UTMOST OF MY POWER SUPPORT MAINTAIN AND DEFEND THE SAID UNITED STATES AGAINST THE SAID KING GEORGE THE THIRD HIS HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS AND HIS OR THEIR ABETTORS ASSISTANCE AND ADHERENTS AND WILL SERVE THE SAID UNITED STATES IN THE OFFICE OF FIRST LIEUTENANT WHICH I NOW HOLD WITH FIDELITY ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL AND UNDERSTANDING. SWORN BEFORE ME IN CAMP AT VALLEY FORGE MAY 19, 1778 JNO PATERSON B. GENERAL SIGNED WM FROST. THE BACK READS: “OATH OF ALLEGIANCE SWORN TO BEFORE GENL PATERSON COPY SENT TO MR. THATCHER AT CONGRESS”. THIS OATH COMES WITH A 19TH CENTURY ENGRAVING OF OFFICERS SWEARING THEIR OATH. IT ALSO COMES WITH 2 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT HAVING TO DO WITH WILLIAM FROST. COMES IN AN ACID FREE BOX. SOME MINOR WEAR FROM AGE & USE. SEE PHOTOS FOR DETAIL. No international shipping. ALL SALES FINAL, NO RETURNS/REFUNDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!
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