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THB[CIVIL WAR] 1865 Texas Planters' Oath
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LiveApr 24, 2026
Day one of Fleischer's 2026 Spring premier auction includes early American artifacts, documents, signatures, ephemera, and weaponry. Rare material relating to African American history is featured, as well as fine examples of antique photography. Fleischer's Auctions info@fleischersauctions.com
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Partly printed document completed in manuscript. Signed by F.B. Webb. Clinton, Texas, 13 October 1865. 2 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 in. Docketing to verso.
A "planters' oath" from the state of Texas. Sworn and signed by F.B. Webb, this document promised that Webb's two bales of cotton, totaling to 954 pounds, "were produced by him, on his plantation in DeWitt County, and that said Cotton was never the property of the late so-called Confederate States". It also had Webb attest to never selling his cotton to Confederates, accepting the proclamations of the U.S. president and his net worth not exceeding $20,000.
During the Civil War, cotton was a particularly valuable commodity coming out of Texas due to the Union blockade. It was deemed illegal for merchants or farmers to trade or sell cotton from Texas out of the state; if citizens attempted to move cotton out, it was typically out of Galveston or Matamoros (see Lot #XXX about the "Texas adventure") to bypass the blockade. While no record could be found about F.B. Webb, it's not improbable that with the United States Army coming into former Confederate states, officials had Southern residents swear their allegiance to all facets of the Union, including cotton distribution.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Manuscripts, Documents, Letters, Ephemera, Signatures, Autographs]
Condition
Some rips along the sides.
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