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    "ocrText": "Emited States of Amerita, State of Connecticut,\nAta County\nCourt, holden in and for the County of New Haven, on the\n3d Jues day of March\nA. D. 1848.\nBE IT on\nREMEMBERED. That the 30th of Me arch in said year\nJumes Carr of New 16 even in Raid counts\nday\nappear ad before said Court, the same being a Court of Record, with Common Law Jurisdiction, a Clerk and a Seal, and made\napplication to said Court to become a Citizen of the United States And upon examination first had, it being made to appear,\nand this Court having found to their satisfaction that the said games Carr\nis a free white male\nperson of lawful age, an alien and a subject of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,\nthat he is now of the age of 26\nyears, that he was born in\nEngland\nin said\nKingdom, that he has resided in the United States constantly for more than five years last past, and in said State of Connecti-\neut for more than one year last past, and that he has during all said time behaved himself as a good citizen, has a good moral\ncharacter, and is attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and\nhappin\nSS of the same. It also appearing to this Court that said James Carr\ndid, pursuant\n10 appear County\nthe laws of the United States, before the\nCourt\nwithin and for New \" Gaven Country\non the\n30th\nday\nof March\nA. D. 1846, the same being a Court of Record with Common Law Jurisdiction, a Clerk and a Seal, and on Oath did declare\nthat it was bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce all allegiance and fidelity forever\nto every foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Vietoria, Queen of the United Kingdom\nof Great Britain and Ireland,\nas\nby the Records of said Court appear. And the said James Care\nnow here\nin this Court declares on Oath, that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every for-\neign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Vietoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great\nBritain and Ireland,\nica. Wherefore the said James Carr\nof whom he is now a subject, and)he also declares on Oath, that he will support the Constitution of the United States of Amer-\nis hereby, by this Court, admitted and declared\nto be a Citizen of the United States of America.\nSTATE OF CONNECTIOUT\nCOUNTY OF NEW HAVEN:\n}\nss.\nBE IT REMEMBERED, That on the Seventh\nday of January\nA. D. 184\nbefore the\nCourt, within and for said County, having Common Law Jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a\nSeal, personally appeared,\nof new Maren\nOwen Reynolds\nin said County, who was born in Ireland\naged about\n19\nyears, and on Oath did declare that it was bona fide his intention to become a\nOIZIZEN OF THES U NITED STATES, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign\nPrince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever-and particularly to Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great\nBritain and Ireland,\nof whom he is now a subject.\nIn Testimony Whereof, I, R.K. Osborn\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand and the Seal of said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nRMC.Dabour Clerk."
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