2/11/2011
Included is the actual 13th Amendment [Amendments, Article 13. Shown on page 17 of the PDF] which reads:
Included is the actual 13th Amendment [Amendments, Article 13. Shown on page 17 of the PDF] which reads:
If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them.
And from Black's Law Dictionary: ESQUIRE. In British law. A title of dignity next above gentleman, and below knight.
So Wikipedia be damned - the so-called War of 1812 was all about hiding this little puppy away from public eyes!
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