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    "ocrText": "39\nAt a Superion Court, holden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the State of\nConnecticut,\nhundred and fifty Jiy\non the 2 Tuesday of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nbith\nPRESENT-HON. John D. Park judge\nyear the of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty say day of September nurence the Devmott in the\nit Remembered, That on the 25\nof New Has find\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 eitizen of the United States. And the said\nMe Dermote then exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the declaration of intention\nmade by him before H D Burnan clerk of the County Couct\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 aets heretofore passed on that subject.\"\nApproved 14th of April, 1802, as follows:\nSTATE OF CONNECTICUT,\nCOUNTY OF Sitchfield\nss.\ntle it Remembered, That on the 31\nday\nof\nA. D. 1853, before the\nwithin and for said County,\nhaving Common Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nL.S.\nsonally appeared,\n\" Larrie lec Dematt\nof New Hart ford\nin said\nCounty, who was born in Wisteriard Co. Ireland\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 foreign Prince, Poten-\ntate, State and Sovereignty, whatever-and particularly to Victoria\nThen\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nof, I, Thank & Bunian\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nJuni\nFredweek D. Buman\nClerk.\nAnd it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that said\nlec Deimatt 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.\nAnd the said\nMe Devmott\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 foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and\nto Vectoria gelew\nof the United Kingdom of\nparticularly\nGreat Britain and Ireland, of whom he was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the Court,\nthat Suid Laurina lec Dermott be, and he accordingly\nwas admitted\nto become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES."
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