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    "ocrText": "246\nAt a Superior Coyrt, holden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the State of\nConnecticut, on the\n21\nTuesday of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred and sixty PRESENT-HON. light Apper judge\nthe it That on\nthe\nof year of Hinchester our Lord one thousand eight hundred County and sintergight. George and Plience free\n177\nday of September\nin the\nin said 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 admitted to become a citizen of the United States. And the said\ngeorge made Pierce\nthen exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the declaration of intention\nby him before the Superiorlorus forsaid hearity,\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.\"\nfollows,\nApproved 14th of April, 1802, as follows : tacts subsequently passed therefor. as\nSTATE CONNECTICUT,\nCOUNTY OF OF Setchfied } ss.\nthe it That on the\n172 61\nday\nof\napril\nA. D. 1806, before the\nSuperior\nCourt, within and for said County,\nhaving Common Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nL. S.\nsonally appeared, George Phire\nof Winchister\nCounty, who was born in\nCreland-\nin said\naged about\nit was bona fide his intention to become a CITIZEN OF THE\n47\nyears, and on oath did declare that\nUNITED STATES, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Poten-\ntate, State and Sovereignty, whatever-and particularly to\nVictoria Turn\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nof, I,\nyrs Kanson\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day year\nand class afgresaid Ransom with Clerk. une\nwithin years\nAnd it the appearing United to States the satisfaction five at of least, the Court, that said George Briene\nhas resided\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 George Peircu STATES,\nhaving declared on oath, that he would support\nthe CONSTITUTION OF TIE UNITED and that he did absolutely and entirely renounce\nand abjure all allegrange and fidelity to ayy foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereiguty whatever, and\nparticularly to\nVictoria Quein\nof the United Kingdom of\nGreat Britain and Ireland, of whom he was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the Court,\nthat\nto become a STATES.\nCitizen George of the UNITED Pierce\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted"
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