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    "ocrText": "114\nConnecticut, on Tuesday of Iam in the\ninterprience Court, holden at Litchfield, in and for the Cornty of Litchfield, in the State of\nyear of our Lord one thousand eight\nhas\nhundred and /iftylight PRESENT-HON His. B. Butter judge\nthe it Remembered, That on the thend\nday\nof march\nin the\nyear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and /ifty eig John and Math free\nof Winethstre\nin said County of Litehfield, being an alien a 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 then admitted exhibited to become to the Court a citizen a Certificate of the United of the declaration States. And of the said\nmade by him before the blut of the Cermunity conut intric\nNall\nintention\ndwice County\nand required as the first condition according to the first section of the Act of Congress entitled \"An Actto\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 Lilelfine ss.\nthe it Remembered, That on the\n29th\nday\nof Ammen\nA. D. 1854 before the\nblue of the Ceunty Court, within and for said County,\nhaving Common Law jurisdietion, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nsonally appeared,\nL. S.\nJohn Null\nof Winchester\nin said\nCounty, who was born in the Kingelem of Wichinling\naged about\nlifty\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 every foreign Prince, Poten-\ntate, State and Sovereignty, whatever-and particularly to\nIndervel William third King of the\nGreman Slints\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iroland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nof, I, Menry 53 frans\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nNex sill to Lasel bux\nHenry 53 Graces\nClerk.\nAnd it to\nappearing the satisfaction of the Court, that said Mathew has resided\nwithin the United States five years at least,\nodd\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.\nbas\nbateral\nAnd the said\nNalti\nhaving declared on oath, that he would support\nthe CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, and that he did absolutely and entirely renounce\nand abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and\nparticularly to Enderich William 3: thing of Wirten to the United Kingdom of\nGreat Britain and Iroland, of whom he was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the Court,\nthat John Matter\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted\nto become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES."
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