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|The Petition of
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To the Honorable th Judges of the Conrt of Comik
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Respec tally nes vative of
THAT your petitioner is a free white person, and an a
of the United States of America; that he has resided wit ‘fen, and is desirous of b
preceding his arriving at the age of twenty-one. yéars, and nyin the, United States three, “Citizen
time: that including | the aforesaid three yoarshbf his aninors S Continnod ta VTEC Years next info
eth:
“——unilerthe™ jatistiction of ‘the Unitda States, five years and “Upwards ; that your petitioner has been,
‘during all that time, attached to the principles of the Col
istitution of the United States, and well-
disposed to the good order and happiness of the same; and ‘that it has been bona fide his intention to
become a Citizen thereof.
Your petitioner therefore prays your honorable Court, that upén taking proof of all matters and
things set forth in his petition and complying with the requisitions of the acts of Congress on this
subject, he may be admitted fo, become a Crrizen oF THp-UNrreD Glew
foe fhe a KE, a the: inited Kiahoe/ being duly eve oe 2
doth say that the above- Anes with whom this a fe
deponent i is well acquainted, has resided within Ke la dno and under the jurisdiction of the United
States, for three years next prece eding his arriving at the age of tw enty-one years, and has continued
to Aeside therein yntilZhis time ; that including the said three years of the minurity of the said fe
bobo PL. he, the said Oe. Stee. S,
1s resided within the United States five years and upwards; that during the last taree years there- / A
of }h has been, to the best of the deponent’s knowledge and belief, the bona fide intention of the said -
- to become a Citizen of the United States; that during St
all that time he. the said j has behaved himself as a man
of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well-
disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.
and subscribed in open Court, this Ai4«,
day of Qeplival . D., 186.97
2 Prothonotary.
PENNSYLVANIA Mian
Schuylkill County, 38: . § 8 St Remembered, Chat at a Court of Camaon leas,
held at Pottsville, in and for whe. Vounty- of Schuyihilh, cds yp O
in the year ofour Lord one thousand eight hundred and sa personally
appeared before the said Court, who upon his
solemn On 2h. did depose and say, that he is a native of Eck, vz
now residing in the County of Schuylkill, aged -Z years, or thereabouts, and that
it is his bona fide intention to become a CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, and to renounce for-
ever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, tate, State and rn owen whatsoever,
and particularly to Otbhprcn of peat lh ita. +Drely, ot
of whom he was before a subject.
and subscribed in open Court, vo GE. ye
wt day of GefLnvted. D.. 1865
Ch aw GE Prothonotary.
I, BL a ‘ the Monnet petitioner, do, on my solemn
declare that the contents of my petition are true ; that I will support the Consti-
tution of the United States; that I do hereby renounce and relinquish any title or order of nobility,
to which I am, or hereafter may be entitled; and that I do absolutely and entirely renounce and ab-
jure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Sovereignty whatsoever; and >
puticularly to Ve@ah reer Qerervof Dretet | Barteria eve Grelancle
of whom I was before a subject. : i i
(Geer and subscribed i in open Court, this, Hijo ;
Jf day of Ae ys
Prothonotary.
THE FOREGOIN G PROCERDIN, & HAD, ..thie. said Cait Court thereupon admitted the said
Bue to become a Crrizen or THE Usirep Srares.
IN TESTIMONY WHERUEOF, I have hereunto set my Hang and
affixeil the Seal of said Court, at Pottsville, this
day of Yilinrrper in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and ‘ot and of the Sovereignty gnd Independence
of the United Statés ape thy ¢ 4
Tl 70 Prothenotary.