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George P. Picket
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Naturalization Records of Non-Federal Courts in Connecticut
Declarations of Intention and Petitions for Naturalization
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1855-02-26
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At a Waipun Court, holden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the
State of Connecticut, on the Find Tuesday of Jehnary
in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty live
PRESENT-HON.
William S. Sloer pudge
Be it Remembered, That on the
26th
day of Februare
in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and left., five George P. Picket
of Sitchfield
in said County of Litchfield, being an alien and a free white person, appeared in
open Court, (the said Court being a Court of Record, having Common Law Jurisdiction, and a Clerk and Seal,) and ap-
plied be admitted States. And the said George P.Peckil
to to become a citizen of the United
then exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the Declaration of intention made by him before the Superior
Count begain and held at Sickfield within and for the
AD county of Litchfied on the third Thursday of August
1852
and required as the first condition according to the first section of the Act of Congress entitled An Act to establish an
uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject." Approved 14th
of
April,
1802,
as
follows: State of Commitient bounty of Litchfuld us
Be it umen send that on the 10th day of September
As 1852 before the Superior count within and far daid
lounty haven common law junis distince Q with a blood
Litchfield in said Baunti who was form in Waterford eath
and a Seal personally pluaded renge Proket of
to Ireland aged aboutify hereity two years and on
did declare that it was boned field this intention to become
a Citizen of the united States and to unounce Pruice foreverall Potentate
allegiance and fiacility to every foreign
Male and whatever and particularly to
Victoria Queen of that United of Great
Britain and Ireland of whom the is now
1951
In D Beeman Which rhund Infusion I. Fridto
bount within and for said
name humanto set my thank andidial
the said benet the day
Freemch D Buman bluck
And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that said
Veriga
Picket
has resided within
the United States five years at least,
svil
and in the State of Connecticut one year at least, and that during said five years he has
behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well
disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.
having declared on oath, that he would support the
And the THE UNITED STATES, and that he did absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure Victinico all alle-
said
CONSTITUTION giance and fidelity to OF any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly whom to he before
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of was a
subject. It was therefore Then considered by the Court, that George STATES. P Pirat new it of Josicana bas 2
be, and he was accordingly admitted to become a Citizen of the UNITED