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    "ocrText": "33\nAt a Euperior Court, holden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the State\nof\nConnecticut,\nhundred and fifty dix\non the 2 Tuesday of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nPRESENT-HON. John D. Park judge\nthe it Remembered, That on the\n23°\nday of September\nin the\nyear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty fix gances Kelly\nof\nLitchfield\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\nmade by him before this Count\nKilly then exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the declaration of intention\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,\nCOUNTY OF Litchfield\n}\nss.\nthe it That on the 23\nday\nsdi moled\nof The busing\nA. D. 1852, before the\nsuperior\nCourt, within and for said County,\n-194 list having Common Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nL.S.\nsonally appeared,\ngames Killy\nof Tomington\nin said\nCounty, who was born in\nLimenick bo Irland\naged about 32\nyears, and on oath did declare that\nSHT\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 Priuce, Poten-\ntate, State and Sovereignty, whatever-and particularly to Vic louic\nInver\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nof, I, Thank D Beeman assistant\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid. vob sill biam eilt to lest bus\nFrederick Riceman assistant Clerk.\nAnd it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that said\n30\nKelly\nof\nhas resided\nwithin the United States five years at least,\nJenol 10 totajes sill milliw\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\nKilly\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 bictoria queen\nof the United Kingdom of\nGreat Britain and Ireland, of whom he was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the Court,\nthat said games Kelly\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted\nto become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES.\nond lo nasitio"
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