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    "ocrText": "TO THE HONORABLE County\nCOURT, now sitting in Hartford, in and\nFor Hartford County, march\nTerm, A. D. 1840\nThe Petition of Michael Barnes of Berlin\nin the County of Hartford\nrespectfully sheweth, that he is a Foreigner, having been born in the County of Made\nin Ireland in the Year A. D. 1814 , that he is a subject of William the Vitaria\nKing of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. That he emigrated to the United\nStates in A. D. 1832, that before the County Court, held at Hartford, within and for the\nCounty of Hartford, on the 4 th Tuesday of March D. 1858; to wit on the 3 a\nday\nof April 18B8 (said Court being a Court of Record, having Common Law, jurisdiction and a\nClerk and Seal) he declared on oath his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to re-\nnounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any learn Foreign Prince, Potentate, State, or Sovereignty whatev-\ner, and particularly to said William the / Country King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and\nmitana\nIreland, as by certificate, duly authenticated, ready in Court to be shewn appears-that he has resided\nduring the last five years constantly, in the United States, and for the last year in the State of Connecti-\ncut. That he has behaved during said five years as a man of good moral character, attached to the princi-\nples of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the\nsame. Whereupon he prays your Honors, to take his case into consideration, and on finding the facts\ntrue, to admit him to be a citizen of the United States, according to the Acts of Congress in such case\nprovided, as he in duty bound shall pray.\nDated at Hartford, April 3d. th, A. D. 1840\nMichael\n,Barnes"
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