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    "ocrText": "January 1845-\n85\n3.\nBE IT That on the Twentyfirst day of February\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and orty fine\nRobert ballowing\nof Hartond\nin said County\nid County\nof Hartford, appeared in open Court, (the said Court being a Court of Record, having common Law juris-\nLaw juris-\ndiction, and a Clerk and seal,) and applied to be admitted and to become a citizen of the United States. And\ntes. And\nthe said Robert balhour\nthen exhibited to the Court a certificate of the\ntate of the\nCount,\nDeclaration of intention made by him before this bourt, at its January Ferm 1842\non the eighth day of February following\nand required as the first condition according to the first section of the Act of Congress entitled \"An Act to\nIn Act to\nestablish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the Acts heretofore passed on that subject.\" Ap-\nct.\" Ap-\nproved 14th of April, 1802, as follows:\n\"STATE OF CONNECTICUT,\nss. Aaryond\nCOUNTY OF HARTFORD,\nBe IT REMEMBERED, That\nRobert bathan of Haltford\nat Britain\nin said County of Hartford, but late of the United Kingdom of Great Britain\nartford in\n\"\nand Ireland, appeared before the Superion Court for said County of Hartford, held at Hartford in\nour Lord\nCounty, the Eight\non\nday of February\nin the year of our Lord\nRecord,\none thousand eight hundred and vorty three\n(the said Court being a Court of Record,\nlat it was\n\"\nhaving Common Law Jurisdiction, and a Clerk and seal,) and declared on oath in open Court, that it was\nance and\nbona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and\ntoria,\nfidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Nictoria.\nIreland.\nQueen\nKing of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.\nCourt,\n\" In testimony whereof, I have heretinto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Superior\nCourt,\n\"\nar of our\nthis Eighth\nday of February\nin the year of our\ne Lord one thousand eight hundred and forts three\nClerk.\"\nR. D. assistant Clerk.\"\nt\nand it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court,\nthat said Robert balhound\nast, and\nhas resided within the United States five years at least, and in the State of Connecticut one year at least, and\nS of the\nthat during said five years he has behaved as a 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.\nsupport\nAnd the said\nRobert balhour\nhaving declared on oath, that he would support\nallegi-\nthe Constitution of the United States, and that he did absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegi-\narly to\nance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State, or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to\nreland,\nVictoria. Queen\nKing of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,\nbahill\nof whom he was before a subject. It was therefore considered by the Court, that Robut balkam\nof the\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted to become a citizen of the\nUnited States."
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