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    "ocrText": "Form 2213\nPRELIMINARY FORM FOR DECLARATION OF INTENTION TO BECOME A CITIZEN\n5331\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\nCARD INDEX\nupper left-hand corner of all copies of\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.\n}\nThomas (Alien should print Banjamin typewrite here true, original, and correct name) ; age, (Give 53 age\nBeetham\nyears.\nor\nlast birthday)\nMy My present personal occupation Miss description is is: Cólor, farmks white ; complexion, dark\n; height, 5 feet 63/4 inches;\nweight, pounds; color Scorray of hair,\n215\n; color of eyes, brown\n;\nI was born in Vristan da Britain\nother visible distinctive marks: rightfalm\n(City or town)\n(Country)\non the 28 day of\nOctober\n1874\nMy present residence is Kanwecus, Hill, norwich, Come\n(Number and street)\n(Oity or town)\n(County)\n(State)\nThe or me was\nplace, where I took the ship train which landed in the United States Cape Good\nHope, South africa. Liverpool on (Month) England (Day)\nThe of the ship railroad which I was Ruth Oceance\n(Year)\nname or on came\nMy last place of foreign residence was (City townly South africa (Country) She\nCapetroon\nor\nwife\nI am\nmarried. The name of my\nis Phoebi Anne\nhusband\nj\n}\nwas born at\nHe\nnorthstorington, Com and now resides at said Wanwereus Hill\nI am now a subject of and intend to renounce allegiance to\n(Write name and title of sovereign and country of which now a subject;\nor, if citizen of a republic, write name of republic only)\nI arrived at the United States immigration port of\nNew (City or town)\nnew (State or territory)\nYork\nYork\n, on\n1891\n14-8\n(Give exact month, day, and year)\n(OVER)"
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