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    "ocrText": "148\nAl a Superior\nCourt, holden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the State of Connecticut, on the\n4 Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and siftyn\nPRESENT-HON. Milu T. Changer ludge\nBc it Remembercò, That on the\n25 day of bach\nof our Lord one thousand eight hundred and\nSutty nine Welliam Schoverhing\nin the year\nof New miffere\nin said County of Litchfield, being an alien and free white person, appeared in\nopen Court, (the said Court being a Court of Record, having Common Law Jurisdiction, and a Clerk and Seal,) and applied\nto be admitted to become a citizen of the United States. And the said William thoughing\nthen exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the Declaration of intention made by him before the count of\nCommon Pleas fu the City flounty of New york\nand required as the first condition according to the first section of the Act of Congress entitled \"An Act to establish an\nuniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.\" Approved 14th of April, 1802;\nand the acts passed subsequently thereto, to wit :\nwilliam Shouching do chelare on\nouth chul is foua fine my intention to because a\nat of (to united States and to me forever\nall alleguine and fidelity. to any foreign prince\npolentate state or socrargity whalene t particularly\nto the King of Honour -\nSworn chy 2'day of March 1860\nAlahameb Jurvis for bluk\nSequid, are Schoverling\nblek office bount of bournew Please\nfurth cety tcounty of New Yush\nculefy Char the fung\nis a hue copy of an require declaration of intentions\nremaining of received in my office In allulation\nwhen of l have human activited my name +\nofficed the hear of samel Court this 16 day of March 186g\n(L.S)\nClurk\nthe States five years at least\nUnited And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that said meman Schmenling has resided within\nand in the State of Connecticut one year at least, and that during said five years he\nhas behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well\ndisposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nAnd the said millain Schouling\nhaving declared on oath, that he would support the\nCONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, and that he did absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance\nand fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to bectruture\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland, of whom he was before a\nsubject. and he It was therefore considered by the Court, that said milism Schowerling\nbe, was accordingly admitted to become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES.\nClerk."
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