Westcott, Thompson, _Names of Persons Who Took the Oaths of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania between the Years 1777 and 1789, with a History of the "Test Laws" of Pennsylvania__ Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company reprint, 1965. This had nothing to do with the new federal government. Pennsylvania required the oath. It was not intended for Hessian deserters, but at least one, Conrad Gottlib [sic], is listed as having taken the oath. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann HeInz" <agatha1@flash.net> To: <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:42 PM Subject: [HESSIAN] Oaths of Allegience > A while back there was mention of the Oaths of Allegiance that each > state collected for the new fed. gov. after the Rev. War. > I have been told that Pa. Oaths were collected in a book by Thomas Wescott > " Oaths of Allegience to the State of Pa." ..... > I have not been able to find any reference to Wescott's book,