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    "ocrText": "I\nWilliam Taylor\nNow residing in Enfield, in Hartford County, do solemnly swear, that it is bona fide my intention to\nbecome a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any\nForeign Prince, Potentate, State, or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to William the Fourth,\nKing of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to whom I am now a subject. So help\nme God.\nWilliam\nHartforce County/ Countybount aug 25. A. 1832\nSworn to in g bount\nattert land Grishold black\nIl William Taylor\nResiding in Enfield, in the County of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, do make report to JARED\nGRISWOLD, Esq., Clerk of the County Court in said County, That 1 born Bennokkum\nwas in\nin Inhard Scotland in the year 1804 now under\nallegiance to William\nthe Fourth, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland : that I emigrated from\nBannockbum in Settland and I arrived at Newyork in May\n1830\nand that I intend to settle in Enfeld\nin the United\nStates of America.\nWilliam Taylor\nthis 25th bay of august A. 1832, L recorded\nin the Recends ofth County born Hartfard Counts\nCouncellint By Land Grishnda black"
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