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    "ocrText": "99\napproic18402\nU.\nBE IT That on the fourth\nday of april\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fortyfire\nAndrew Davisons\nof\na said County\nEnfired\nin said County\nof Hartford, appeared in open Court, (the said Court being a Court of Record, having common Law juris-\non Law juris.\ndiction, and a Clerk and seal,) and applied to be admitted and to become a citizen of the United States. And\nStates. And\nthe said\nAndrew Davison\nthen exhibited to the Court a certificate of the\ntificate of the\nty of Hart\nDeclaration of intention made by him before the County Court, for saia County of\nHartford, held at Hartford. in said County, on the Eleverith\nand\nday of hovember, in the year of our Lord one thousand ught\nhundred and forty two\nand required as the first condition according to the first section of the Act of Congress entitled \"An Act to\n\" An Act to\nestablish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the Acts heretofore passed on that subject.\" Ap-\nbject.\" Ap-\nproved 14th of April, 1802, as follows:\n\"STATE OF CONNECTICUT,\nCOUNTY OF HARTFORD,\nss.\nBe IT REMEMBERED, That\nAndrew Davison of Enfield\nGreat Britain\nin said County of Hartford, but late of the United Kingdom of Great Britain\nHartford in\nand Ireland, appeared before the County Court for said County of Hartford, held at Hartford in\nsaid County, on the\nEleventh\nday\nof November\nof our Lord\nin the year of our Lord\nt of Record,\none thousand eight hundred and forty two\n(the said Court being a Court of Record,\nt, that it was\nhaving Common Law Jurisdiction, and a Clerk and seal,) and declared on oath in open Court, that it was\nlegiance and\nbona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and\nfidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to\nVictoria, Queen\nand Ireland.\nKing of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.\nCourt,\nthis eleventh\nIn testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said bounty Court,\nday of\nNovember\nyear of our\nin the year of our\nLord one thousand eight hundred and forty two\nClerk.'\nThomas 4. Gennous\nClerk.\"\nand it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,\nthat said Andrew-Darison\nit least, and\nhas resided within the United States five years at least, and in the State of Connecticut one year at least, and\niples of the\nthat during said five years he has behaved asa man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the\nConstitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nAnd the said\nuld support\nAndrew Davison\nhaving declared on oath, that he would support\ne all allegi-\nthe Constitution of the United States, and that he did absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegi-\nticularly to\nance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State, or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to\nnd Ireland,\nVictoria, Queen\nKing of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,\nof whom he was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the Court, that\ntizen of the\nAndrew-Danissa be, and he was accordingly admitted to become a citizen of the\nUnited States."
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