Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Civil War Amnesty Oath,
Date (inclusive): 1865
Collection Number: Wyles SC 8
Creator:
Westcott, J. W.
Extent:
.01 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Vault
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Civil War Amnesty Oath. Wyles SC 8. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Scope and Content of Collection
One Civil War era printed document, an amnesty oath, signed by J. H. Westcott, stating he will "faithfully defend the Constitution
of the United States and the States there-under; and that I will in like manner abide by and support all laws and proclamations
which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the Emancipation of Slavery" Galveston, Texas, 28 June
1865.