does take it. The following is the oath: "I - do swear (or affirm) that I renounce and refuse all allegiance to George the Third, King of Great Britain, his heirs and successors: and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a free and independent State, and

) County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ss.: "The 10th Day of August, Anno Domini, 1786, Before me, the sub- scriber, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, and of the Peace, in and for the said County, Per- sonally came and appeared Elizabeth Houssegger, widow of Nicholas. Hous- segger