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[Post-Civil-War loyalty oath signed by Judge J.B.M. McFarland]

Description: A document in which J.B.M. McFarland, a judge of the first judicial district, swears that he ā€œneither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatsoever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United Statesā€; a handwritten explanation follows.
Date: September 24, 1867
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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