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    "ocrText": "To the Hon. Stepinor Court, now sitting in Hartford, in and for\nHartford\nCounty,\nTerm, .A. D. 842\nTHE PETITION OF James Bright of Enfield in\nthe\nCounty of Heaut fores\nrespectfully showeth, that he is a Foreigner, having been\nborn in England\nA. .D.1872\nThat he is a subject\nGast Mitain & Jul eval\nof Vitona Team of the United hugdam of\nThat he emigrated to the United States A. D. 18 35\nThat before the held at Hartford, within and for the County of Hartford,\non the of march A. D. 18 1989 (said Court being a Court of record,\nhaving Common Law jurisdiction, and a Clerk and Seal,) he declared, on oath, his 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 Kitaria\nZum of the Minto Kengilan of\nButain XIuland\nas by certificate, duly authenticated, ready in Court to be shown appears.\nThat he has resided in the United States three years next preceding his arriving at the age of\ntwenty-one years, which occurred on the\nday of\nA.D.18\nand has continued to reside therein to the present time ; and that for three years next preceding it\nhas been his bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States.\nThat he has resided during the last five years constantly in the United States, (including the\nthree years of his minority,) and during the last year in the State of Connecticut. That he has\nbehaved during said five years as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of\nthe Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the\nsame. Whereupon he prays your Honor to take his case into consideration, and on finding the\nallegations true, to admit him to be a citizen of the United States, according to the Acts of Con-\ngress in such case provided, as he in duty bound shall pray.\nDated at Hartford, April 1/\nA. D. 18 42\nfarm by his Bright\nmark"
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