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    "ocrText": "Al Superior Cougt, and of Litchfield,\n221\nholden at Litchfleld, in and for the County in the State of\nConnecticut, on the\n2\nhundred and sixty four\nTuesday of Beptember in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nPRESENT-HON. Duright Souris Judge\nbmo\nthe it Remembered, That on the\n293 day of September\nin the\nyear of our eight hundred\nof North\nin said County Lifchfield, beins an alten and a free hite person,\nand softy four of Joseph Keogles\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.\nyour made By him Lorgles before asst Clerk then exhibjted 'v to the Court a Certificate of the declaration And of intention the said\nthe, superior Countfordand 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, 2e follows : theacts passed in addition there\nas follows\nSTATE OF\nCOUNTY OF Selenfula\n}\nss.\nthe it Remembered, That on the\n10th\nasst clerk of the of superior\nI april\nA. D. before the\n1sbl.\nday\nCourt, within and for said County,\nhaving Common Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nL.S.\nof North lanaan\nsonally appeared, Joseph Keegen\nin said\nCounty, who was born in Ulderwaught. Trance\naged about\n38\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\nMapotion III\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nof, I, Charles adame use\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day ;and year aforesaid.\nbaharlas adame, assistant Clerk.\nwithin And it the appearing United to States the satisfaction five years of least, the Court, that said Joseph houghts has resided midaiw\nat\nand in the State of Connectieut 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.\nCONSTITUTION And the said OFV THE UNITED) STATES, and having that declared he did absolutely on oath, that and he entirely would\nsupport\nthe\nrenounce\nand abjure all allégiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and\nparticularly\nto\nGreat Britain and Irolanel, of whom he was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the Court,\nNapolion III\nof United Kingdom of\nto of the STATES.\nthat become/a your Citizen treagles UNITEI\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted"
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