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    "ocrText": "56\nAl a Superior\nCourt, holden at Litchfield, in and fur the County uf Litchfield, in the State of Connecticut, on the\nsecond\nTuesday of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty\nPRESENT-HON. Origin Stegman Gudge\nBe it Remembered, That on the\n11\nday of September\nin the year\nof our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sifty michael Kenny\nof Sharon\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\nthen exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the Declaration of intention made by him before the Superior\nto be admitted to become a citizen of the United States. And the said michael Kenny\nCourt and of the Liity of hew York\nrequiréd as the first gondition 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 :\nState of New York, In the Superior\nthat it is bona fide my mention whecome. a beteren of the United\nCourt of the bity of hew York d michael Kenny do declare on oath\nStates. to renounce forever all allegiance ifidelity to any foreign\nPrince. Potentate, State or Sovereigity whatever particularly the\nbeen of the United Kingdom of speat Britain his of Irriland of whom\nI am now a subject.\nmichael mark X Kenny\nSworn this 25th day of November 1853-\nClerks office of the Supchor Court. of the bity of hew York.\nGeorge H. E. Layreh blesk\nd certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an original Declaration\nof dentintion remaining of record in my office\naffected seal of said bount this 25th day of November AD1853-\n-In writick where of d have hereanto subtenbed my name. t\nGeorge H. E Leyneh blesk\"\nthe United States five years at least\nAnd it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that said michael Kenney\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 michael Kenny\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 Victoria\nbeen\nof the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland, of whom he was before a\nsubject. be, and he It was was therefore considered by the Court, that said michael Kenny -\naccordingly admitted to become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES.\nWilliam L. Ranson\nClerk."
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