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    "ocrText": "266\nAt a\nSuperior Court, holden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the . State of\nConnecticut, on the 4 25 kusday of strank Juy in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred and Sifty nine\nluto\nPRESENT-HON. Miles 7. Grouger Julley\nthe it Remembered, That on the\n23th\nday of March\nthe\nyear of our Lord eight\none thousand hundred and sufty nine William Kennang h\nof Tommy ten\nin said County of Litchfield, being an alien and a free 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\nWilliam Kereough then exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the declaration of intention\nmade by him before\n(d)\nobmin\nthe city Count of writerbey caunt\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,\nGOUNT OF Waterbay\nCity\n}\nss.\nthe it Remembered, That on the\n23 day\nof March\nA. D. before the\nChe Kofth city\nCity\nCourt, within and for said Country,\n11\nhaving Common Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nsonally appeared,\nL. S.\nWilliam Kennaugh\nof Tourngton Sulfified County\nin said\nCounty, who was born in Iuland\naged about 37\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\nnutria Zeam\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nof,\nI, hey. ETerry\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nbige sill 10 lage bni\nGeo. E.Terry\nClerk.\nAnd it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that said William Kannaugh has resided\nwithin the United States five years at least,\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.\nHow\nbes\n,\nbotiol\nAnd the said Hilliam Kamangh\nhaving declared on oath, that he would support\nthe\nCONSTITUTION 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 vitnen Zeen\nof the United Kingdom of\nGreat Britain and Ireland, of whom he was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the\nthat William Kemangh\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted\nto become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES.\nedt lo nositio B omoged of"
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