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    "ocrText": "Form 2213\nPRELIMINARY FORM FOR DECLARATION OF INTENTION TO BECOME A CITIZEN\n3297\nU. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\nNOT TO BE FILLED IN BY ALIEN\nFOR USE OF OFFICIALS SEARCHING IMMI-\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nGRATION RECORDS\nCLERK OF COURT:\nRECORDS EXAMINED\nPlace number\nin\nupper left-hand corner of all copies of\nCARD INDEX\ndeclaration, immediately under your\nINDEX BOOKS\ndeclaration number.\nDISTRICT DIRECTOR OF NATURALIZATION\nMANIFESTS\nI desire to file my Declaration of Intention (first paper) to become a citizen.\nMr.\nMy name is\nMrs.\nRAYMOND LEMOINE HURSHMAN\n; age,\n36\nyears.\n(Alien should print or typewrite here true, original, and correct name)\n(Give age last birthday)\nMiss\nMy present occupation is\nHoisting Engineer\n7\nMy personal description is: Color, White ; complexion, Dark\n; height, 5 feet 46 inches;\nweight, 140 pounds; color of hair, Brown\n; eyes,\ncolor of Brown\n;\nother visible distinctive marks:\nI was born in Mahone Lunenburg be Nova (Country) Acotia\nBay\n(City or town\non the 7\nday\nof December\n, 891\nMy present residence is station (Number and street) 10 (City or town) Newhoudon (County) es (State) bours\nWaterford.\nThe place where I took the ship or train which landed me in the United States was Halifax Via.\nGarmonth to Boston\nPrince ship railroad which I Principal pl R. and (Month) S.S. (Day) Line (Year)\non may\n1920\nThe name of the or on came was\nMy last place of married. foreign residence was wife (City or is town) bora Halifax Country (Country) She N.S. } was born\nI am\nThe name of my\nat\nhusband\nsaid\nHe\nN.S. and now resides at station 10 Waterford born\nI\nam now a subject of and intend to renounce allegiance to Great (Write Britain and title of sovereign King and country of which George subject;\nname now a\nor, if citizen of a republic, write name of republic only)\nI arrived at the United States immigration port of\nBoston\n(City or town)\nMassachusetts\n,\non may 15 1920\n(State or territory)\n(Give exact month, day, and year)\n(OVER)"
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