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    "ocrText": "160.\nUnited States of Amerita, State of Connectieut,\nspecial Count, Court, holden in and for the County of New Haven, on the 1st\nday of aprul\nA. D. 1830.\nBE MEMBERED.\nit on the\n122\nFelix Curran of New Haven in said Country\nday of april in said year\nappeared before said Court, the same being a Court of Record, with Common Law Jurisdiction, a Clerk and a Seal and made\napplication to said Court to become a Citizen of the United States: And upon examination first had, it being made to appear,\nand this to\nCourt having found their satisfaction that the said Felix Curran\nis a free white male\nperson of lawful age, an alien and a subject of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,\n\"\nthat he is now of the age of\n25\nyears, that he was born in\nIreland\nin said\nKingdom, that he has resided in the United States constantly for more than five years last past, and in said State of Connecti-\neut for more than one year last past, and that he has during all said time behaved himself as a good citizen, has a good moral\ncharacter, and is attached to the principles of the Constitution of the Kinited States, and well disposed to the good order and\nhappin SS of the same. It also appearing to\nthis Court that said filix Curran\ndid, pursuant\nto the laws of the United States, appear before the\nCharles a Insurance Easy Clerk of Her\nu.s. District Court\nCourt within and for the District of Connecticuty\non the\n1/\nday of March\nA. D. 1847. the same being a Court of Record with Common Law Jurisdiction, a Clerk and a Seal, and on Oath did declare\nthat it was bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce all allegiance and fidelity forever\nto every foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom\nof Great Britain and Ireland,\nas by the Records of said Court appear. And the said\nFelix Curran\nnow here\nin this Court declares on Oath, that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every for-\neign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great\nBritain and Ireland,\nof whom he is now a subject, and ba also declares on Oath, that he will support the Constitution of the United States of Amer-\nIca. Wherefore the said Filix Curran\nis hereby, by this Court, admitted and declared\nto be a Citizen of the United States of America.\nSTATE OF CONNECTIOUT,\nss.\nCOUNTY OF NEW HAVEN:\nBE IT REMEMBERED, That on the\nClerkel\nthe\nCountry\n4th day of January\nA. D. 1850\nbefore the low Meny G, sure Court, within for sáid County, having Common Law Jurisdiction,\nand with a Clerk and a\nSeal, personally appeared,\nNin Howen\nlerge John Cave\nof\nin said County, who was born in\nEngland\naged about\n20\nyears, and on Oath did declare that it was bona fide his intention to become a\nOILIZEN OF THE 0 NITED STATES, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign\nPrince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever-and particularly to Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great\nBritain and Ireland,\nof whom he is now a subject.\nIn Testimony Whereof, I,\nHenry M. Ssuris\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand and the Seal of said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nMonny M Dury\nClerk."
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