[165]. The Formation of West Virginia, p. 43.

[166]. Ibid.

[167]. Ann. Cycl., 1861, p. 743; The Formation of West Virginia, p. 45, gives the oath in a form slightly different.

[168]. Ann. Cycl., 1861, p. 743.

[169]. Ann. Cycl., 1862, p. 801.

[170]. Mr. A. W. Campbell in The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, April 14, 1897.

[171]. Globe, 1 Sess. 37th Cong., pp. 103–109.

[172]. The Formation of West Virginia, pp. 47–48.

[173]. The Formation of West Virginia, pp. 48–50; also Ann. Cycl., 1861, p. 745.

[174]. The Formation of West Virginia, p. 57.