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    "ocrText": "468\nAt a Emperies Cougt,\nholden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the State of\nConnecticut,\nhundred and seventy\norl the H + three Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nPRESENT-Hon. Origin Seseignour judge\nyear, ofour Lord one thousand gight on hundred and \"beventy thru, Thomas Commell\nthe it Rememberrd, That\nthe\nday\nof Mearch\nin the\nof Harrow Silchfield in 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\nThomas Commell\na Glerk and Seak) and applied to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States. And the said\nthen exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the declaration of intention\nmade by him before\nthe Superior bount for said learnity,\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 CONNEGTICUT,\nCOUNTY OF Sitchfild\n}\nss.\nBe it That on the\n25th\nday\nof March\nA. D. 1837, before the\nSuperior\nCourt, within and for said County,\nhaving Common Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nL. S.\nsonally appeared, Stormas Comell\nof Warren\nyreland\nin said\nCounty, who was born in\naged about\n26 - years, 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 Luen\nof,\nof I, MMS Kanson\nthe United Kingdum of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nHms. Ransom\nlo\nleve\nbate\nClerk.\nAnd it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that\nsaid Shomas Commell has\nresided\nwithin the United States five years at least,\nand in the State of Connectient 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 vellatisposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nAnd the said Thomas Comell\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 and fidelity ,to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and\nparticularly to\nQuien\nof the United Kingdom of\nGreat Britain and Preland, of wham he was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the Court,\nthat\nThomas bomell\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted\nto become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES."
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