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    "ocrText": "4\nAt a Court, holden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the State of\nConnecticut, on the\n2th\nTuesday of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred and fifty Air\nPRESENT-Ho: John D. Park Judge\nBe it That on the 9th,\nday\nof September in\nthe\nyear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and\nfifty six, Vehistian heinhark\nof Sitchfield\nin said County of Litehfield, being an alien and a free white person,\nappeared in open Court, (the said Court being a Court of Record, having Common Law Jurisdiction, and\na Clerk and Seal,) and applied to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States. And the said\nResighart\nthen exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the declaration of intention\nmade\nby him before the cleck of burnty Countfor\nsaid\nCountry\nand required as the first condition according to the first section of the Act of Congress entitled \"An Actito\nestablish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.\"\nApproved 14th of April, 1802, as follows\nSTATE OF CONNECTICUT,\nCOUNTY OF ss.\ntle it That on the 26th\nday\nof September\nA. D. 1855, before the\nClerk of the County Court, within\nand for said County,\nhaving Common Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nsonally appeared,\nL.S.\nbelinsting Reinbort\nof Sitchfille\nin said\nCounty, who was born in yedem Generally\naged about 31\nyears, and on oath did declare that\nit was bona fide his intention to become a CITIZEN OF THE\nUNITED STATES, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to eyery foreign Prince, Poten-\ntate, State and Sovereignty, whatever-and particularly to\nof GeorGia\nof, I, fire? D.Beeman\nofthe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nbiss inna\nFredench D.Beemant\nClerk.\nAnd it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that said Remikart has\nresided\nwithin the United States five years at least,\nand in the State of Connecticut one year at least, and that during said five years\nhe has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the\nUnited States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nAnd the said\nReinbart\nhaving declared on oath, that he would support\nthe CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, and that he did absolutely and entirely renoance\nand abjure all allegianee and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and\nparticularly to the Emperor of Germany\nof the United Kingdom of\nthat said Christian\nGreat-Britain and Ireland, of whom he was before a, subject. It was therefore considered by the Court,\nKembart\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted\nto become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES."
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