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    "ocrText": "250\nAt Superior Court, holden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the State of\nConnecticut, on the 20\nTuesday of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhus\nhundred and sixtylight PRESENT-HON. /pm) Mainor fudge,\nthe\nour it Lord Rememberrà, one thousand That eight on hundred the and 197 sixty eight, day Thomas Mi alien and a sumara free white\nof September Il in\nthe\nyear\nof\nof Torrington\nin said County of Litehfield, being an person,\nappeared in open Court, (the said Court being a Court of Record, having Common Law Jurisdietion, and\nClerk and, Seal,) and applied to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States. And the said\n- then exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the declaration of intention\nmade by him before Thu Superior beurtfor said 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.\"\nfollows\nApproved 14th of April, 1802, AS follows: facts subsequently passed thinfor as\nSTATE OF CORNECTICUT,\nCOUNTY OF Stehfuld\n}\nss.\nthe it Remembered, That on/the\n18th\n1866\nday\nof Superior april - Court, within A. and D. for said before County, the\nhaving Conmon Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nsonally\nL. S.\nappeared, Thomas Me-hamirara -\nof Dorrington in - Ireland\nsaid\nCounty, who was born\naged about\n36\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\nVictoria Queen\nof the United Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nof, I,\nKingdom of Clerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nMass Reuson-\n10 live\nClerk.\nAnd it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that said has\nresided\nwithin the United States five years at least,\nentine\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 wen disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nbatial\nAnd the said Thomas Micamara\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 fgreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and\nparticularly to\nVictoria quien\nof the United Kingdom of\nGreat Britain and of whom the was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the Court,\nthat\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted\nto become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES.\nal"
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