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    "ocrText": "50)\nAla Stepezon Court, Litchfield, for uf Litchfield, in the hundred State and of Connecticut, the\nholden at in and the County on\nfourth Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Lixty\nPRESENT-HON fail Himman judge\nof our Lord Be it Remembercò, eight That hundred on the and only day of Junevary bullefel in\nthe year\none thousand\nof Jharm\nin send 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 And the said Charles byllefer\ncitizen of the United States.\nCommuni then exhibited to the Pleasi Court Certificate for the city County Male him of before newyork court of\na of the Declaration of intention made by\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 nets passed subsequently thereto, to wit: 1837\nCharley Calleng do declare on adch, that branfide\nbeart floring Bleas for the citying County Chisfma of new Yno\nstrate the NewYork, An I the\ndetention to become a cities of the United\nforeign Prilice Potentate State or cohal\nto revounce forever all allejance and to any\ndum day of Callefe\never, to through the\nHilmury 1B7 Pay A funnis this\neffection. blak office stantify band of Common that they Pleas foreiging for the is athro city Crintly Cophy\nRecord an original in my Declaration official of Sutentient remaining of\nunto subscibed my name intrefi and officed the d feal have here of\npaid (20) Court this 21th day Beline's s/ Juin's 183.7 Clak\"\nAnd to the satisfaction of the\nthe United at\nStates it appearing five years least Court, that said\nhas 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\nthe said Chaules ballefe\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 Sogereignty whatever, and particularly to Fredeick\nWilliam King of forestics ofthe United\nKingdom of Great Britiam and Ircland, of whom he was before a\nsubject. and he It was was therefore considered by the Court, that said bhailes Callepe\nbe, accordingly admitted to become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES.\nClerk."
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