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    "ocrText": "460\nAt a Superioran Courf, holden at Litchfield, in and for the County of Litchfield, in the - State of\nConnecticut, on the\n4th\nTuesday\ngenerary\nof\nin the year of our Lord one thousand eight\nhundred and seventy three\nPRESENT HON. Origin S Seymour Judge\nthe it Remembered,\nThat\non\nthe\n22nd day of March\nin the\nyear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sevenlythree Albert Rentter\nof\nAnichester\nin said County of Litchheld, being an alien and a free white person,\nappeared in open Court, (the said Court being a Court of Record, having Common Law Jurisdiction, and\na Clerk, and Seal,) and applied to be admitted to become a eitizen of the United States. And the said\nAlbert hentter\nthen exhibited to the Court a Certificate of the declaration of intention\nmade\nthe by hin before delerk of the Superiorcomister said\nCounty\nand required as the first condition according to the first section of the Act of Congress entitled \" An Actto\nestablish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject.\"\nApproved 14th of April, 1802, as follows:\nSTATE OF CONXECTICUT,\nCOUNTY OF Seletfield) ss.\nthe it Remembered, That on the\n16th\nday\nof March\nA. D. 1971 before the\nblerk of the Superiorour, within and for said County,\nhaving Common Law jurisdiction, with a Clerk and a Seal, per-\nL.S.\nsonally Reutter\nborn in letermany\nin said\nCounty, who was\naged about 33\nyears, and on oath did declare that\nit was bona fide his intention to become a CITIZEN OF THE\nUNITED STATES, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Poten-\ntate, State and Sovereignty, whatever-and particularly to\nMilliam I, King of Princia\nf the United Kingdoy of Great Britain and Iroland, of whom he is now a subject. In Testimony Where-\nof, I, Wm Likanson\nClerk of said Court, have hereunto set my\nhand, and Seal of the said Court, the day and year aforesaid.\n16 Bmp\nMm Ransom Clerk.\nAnd it appearing tofthe satisfaction of the Court, that\nsaid Albert Rentles das resided\nwithin the United States five years at least,\navil adi\nand in the State of Connecticut one year at least, and that during said five years\nhe has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the\nUnited States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.\nAnd the said Albert Reulter having declared oath, that he would support\non\nthe CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, and that he did absolutely and entirely renounce\nand abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and\nparticularly to William I king of frussia\nof the United\nthat Albert Beatter\nGreat Britain and Ireland, of whom he was before Vsubject. It was therefore considered by the Court,\nbe, and he was accordingly admitted\nto become a Citizen of the UNITED STATES."
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