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Some Stuff I Wrote and Some Stuff I Didn't (2011) H. Morris Williams

PONY EXPRESS OATH

Alexander Majors was a religious man and

resolved " by the help of God " to overcome all

difficulties. He presented each rider with a

Bible and required this oath:

" I , ,, do hereby swear, before the Great and

Living God, that during my engagement, and

while I am an employee of Russell, Majors, and

Waddell, I will, under no circumstances, use

profane language, that I will drink no

intoxicating liquors, that I will not quarrel or

fight with any other employee of the firm, and

that in every respect I will conduct myself

honestly, be faithful to my duties, and so direct

alt my acts as to win the confidence of my

employers, so help me God. "

— Oath sworn by Pony Express Riders

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