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    "ocrText": "52\nStates of Amerita, state of Connectiout, 59.\nAt a Country\nCourt, holden in and for the County of New Haven, on the\nmad day of march\nA. D. 1847.\nappeared BE IT REMEMBERED. afnew Court, on 125 said county\nThat the\nday of march in said year Michael\nHullen\nbefore said 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 Inichael directler is a\nfree 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\n27\nyears, that he was born in Incland\nin said\nKingdom, that he has resided in the United States constautly 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\nSS of the same. It also appearing to this Court that said Inishael mullen\ndid, pursuant\nto happin the laws of the United States, appear before the Charles A. Begensoll Eogelark\nof the Aistriet Court\nCourt within and for the state of Connecticut\non the\n29\nday of October\nA. D. 1844, 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 Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom\nof Great Britain and Ireland,\nas by the Records of said Court appear. And the said Michael Mullen\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 Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great\nBritain and Ireland,\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-\nica. Wherefore the said Michael Wuller\nis hereby, by this Court, admitted and declared\nto be a Citizen of the United States of America.\nSTATE OF CONNICTIOUT\nss.\nCOUNTY OF NEW HAVEN:\n)\nBE IT REMEMBERED, That on the\n28\nday of Oct\nA. D. 184 4\n,\nbefore the special County\nCourt, within and for said County, having Common Law Jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a\nSeal, personally\nappeared, Joseph Gardner\nof\nin said County, who was born in\nEngland\naged about\n3,\nyears, and on Oath did declare that it was bona fide his intention to become a\nOF THE U NITED STATES and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign\nPrince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatever-and partieularly to Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great\nBritain and Ireland,\nof whom he is now a subject.\nJohn -I Rin\nIn Testimony Whereof, I,\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand and the Seal of said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\nClerk."
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