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    "ocrText": "294\nAt a Seperin Court, holden Litchfield, of\nat in and for the County Litchfield, in the State of\nConnecticut, the 4 Tuesday of January\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight\non\nhundred and Sufty nine\nbun\nPRESENT-HON like 7. Genne Judy\nthe it Remembered, That on\nthe\n25 day of March\nin the\nyear of our eight\nLord one thousand hundred and Actor mine Matheur Halls\nof will wheter\nin said County of Litehfield, 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\nMatther Hallvan then exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the declaration of intention\nmadeiby him\nbefore Ges ll woodwiff Ant cluk of the\nabem\nbehper count for Lettenpers county\nand required as the first condition according to the first section of the Act of Congress entitled \"An Actito\nestablish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.\"\nto\nApproved 14th of April, 1802, as follows\nCOUNTY OF Letenful }\nSTATE OF CONNECTICUT,\nss.\nthe it Rememberrd, That on the\n23 day\nof mach\nto\nA. D. 1867, before the\nSuperior\nCourt, within and for said County,\nhaving Common Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nsonally appeared, wathew Hallraw\nL.S.\nof manchetes\ndeeland\nin said\nCounty, who was born in\naged about 43\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 foreigu Prince, Poten-\ntate, State and Sovereignty, whatever-and particularly to bun\nbectour Zevin\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nof, I, like in wordwift Aftert\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nbies to love bas\ndye m wordwiff ago Clerk.\nAnd it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that said Me their Hallocan has resided\nwithin the United States five years at least,\nin mill niltiv\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. llaw bism botin°\nAnd the said Matter Hallowan having 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,\nand\nparticularly to be loua Yerew\nof the United Kingdom of\nGreat Britain and Ireland, of whom he was before a subject. I It was therefore considered by the Court,\nthat Moltheum Hallown\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted\nto become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES.\nonl 10 ol"
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