By His Excellency Benjamin Guerard, Esq; governor and commander in chief in and over the state of South-Carolina. : To [blank] Whereas in and by an ordinance of the General Assembly of this state ... entitled an Ordinance to oblige all persons nominated as magistrates, before they take upon them the execution of said office, to qualify .. by taking or subscribing the oath enjoined by the thirty-sixth article of the Constitution ... and also the oath of office ... Given under my hand and seal, at Charlestown, this [blank] day of [blank] ... one thousand seven hundred and eighty [blank] ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

South Carolina. Governor (1783-1785 : Guerard)

Contributor:

Guerard, Benjamin, approximately 1733-1788.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44458.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oaths--South Carolina.

Oaths.

Judges--South Carolina.

Judges.

South Carolina--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment.

South Carolina.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Blank forms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))

Place of Publication:

[Charleston, S.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1783]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

American Antiquarian Society copy is filled out in manuscript to Henry Pendleton, Aedanus Burke, Thomas Heyward, and John Fauchereaud Grimke, upon their appointment as justices of the peace; dated March 31, 1783, and signed by Benjamin Guerard and John Vanderhorst, secretary, each of whom had held office only since Feb. 1783.

Printed area measures 29.3 x 21.6 cm.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 44458).

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Bristol B5807

Shipton and Mooney 44458

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