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    "ocrText": "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICAL\nSTATE OF CALIFORNIA.\nSTATE OF CALIFORNIA.\nIn the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles.\nIn the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles.\nIn the matter of the astolication of\nIn the mattef of the application of\nWilliam a Thompson\nCounty of Los Angeles SS.\nPeder Johunin\nCounty of Los Angeles SS.\nTo be admitted a citizen of the United States.\nTo be admitte a citizen of the United States.\nmrs. N.A. 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D. 1897\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n5th\nday of March\nA. D. 189\nClerk\nClerk\nBy\nSanskith\nDeputy Clerk.\nBy\nDeputy Clerk.\nDate of California,\nSS.\nof California,\nss.\nCounty of los\nI\nMidd. homeron solemnly that I will support the Constitution of the\nCounty\ndo swear United\nI\nJode Johnson @ngeles,\ndo solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United\nStates, and I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to all and every foreign Prince,\nStates/\\and I do absolutely entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to all and every foreign Prince,\nPoteritate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly\nfactima, Quien of weat Britian\nPotentitte, State or Sovereignty whatever, and to\nWitharleen\nthe Kuyn of crorway sinucleu\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n4th\nday of 189? before\nme.\nSubscribed and sworn to in open Court, this\n5th\nday of March 182] before\nJedy Johnson\nme.\nClerk.\nJonewhr\nClerk.\nBy samultith\nDeputy Clerk.\nBy\nSantust\nDeputy Clerk.\nCERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP.\nCERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP.\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nState of California,\nSS.\n(tate of California,\nSS.\nCounty of ãos @ngefes,\nCounty of Aos @ngetes,\n@ it That on the\n4th\nday of March\nin the year of our Lord\nit (Remembered, That on the\n5th\nday\nMarch\none thousand eight hundred mudd and quinity serm William a. thompson\nin the year of our Lord\nformerly of\nat present of the State of California, aforesaid, appeared in\none thousand eight krundred and mintty seven, Pider Johnsen\nformerly of\nthe Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the said Court being a Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, and a\nthe Superior Court of Los Angeles County, the said Court being a Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, and a\nNorway\nat present of the State of California, aforesaid, appeared in\nClerk and Seal, and applied to the said Court to be admitted to become a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF\nClerk and Seal, and applied to the said Court to be admitted to become a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF\nAMERICA, pursuant to the directions and requisitions of the Act of Congress of the United States of America, entitled \"An\nAMERICA, pursuant to the directions and requisitions of the Act of Congress of the United States of America, entitled \"An\nAct to establish an Uniform Rule of Naturalization, and to Repeal the Acts heretofore passed on that Subject,\" and of the\nAct\nto establish an Uniform Rule of Naturalization, and to Repeal the Acts heretofore passed on that Subject,\" and of the\nseveral Acts in relation thereto.\nKilliam a Thompan\nseveral Acts in relation thereto.\nAnd the said\nhaving thereupon produced to the Court such\nAnd the said\nRedu Johnson\nhaving thereupon produced to the Court such\nevidence, made such Declaration and Renunciation, and taken such Oaths as ane by the said Act required thereupon it\nordered by the said Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, that the said William\na.shompson\nwas\nevidence, made such Declaration and Renunciation, and taken such Oaths as are the said Act required, thereupon it\nwas\nbe admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said Court to be a CITIZEN\nordered by the said Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, that the said\nOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nbe admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said Court to be a CITIZEN\nOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\nJn Cestimony the Seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed this\n4th\nJn Cestimony the Seal of the said Court is hereunto affixed this\n5th\nday of March\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nday of March\nin the year our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred and minity seven and in the year of our Independence the\n[SEAL.]\none hundred first\nhundred and minuty seyan and in the year of our Independence the\nPer Curiam:\n[SEAL.]\none hundred and first\nPer Curiam:\nSlukkuta\nClerk,\nBy\nDeputy.\nBy\nSankuts"
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