NATURALIZATION: William H. RICHARDSON, 1896, Clearfield County, PA

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Written: September 15, 1896

Transcribed from a photocopy of a microfilm copy of original filed in
Prothonotary Office, Clearfield County Courthouse, Clearfield, PA
Alien Docket #2, page 31

PETITION FOR NATURALIZATION
(UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS)

  To the Honorable, the Judge of Common Pleas of Clearfield County, at a Court
holden in and for said county the 15th day of Sept, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety six.
  The Petition of Wm. Harvey Richardson, a native of England, and now residing in
the county of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania, respectfully showeth: That
your petitioner arrived in the United States of America, to wit, at the port of
New York, in the State of N. Y., on the 9 day of March, A. D. 1879, and at the
time of his arrival he was under eighteen years of age, and that he has
continued to reside in the United States since his arrival, and that for three
years previous to his arrival at full age, it was, and is still, his bona fide
intention to become a citizen of the United States, and of renouncing forever
all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate or Sovereignty, and
particular to the Queen of Great Britain, and that in pursuance of an Act of
Congress entitled "An Act to establish a uniform rule of Naturalization, and to
repeal the Acts heretofore passed on that subject," made a declaration of his
intention to become a citizen of the United States conformably to the said Act,
before the Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield county, in
the State of Penna. On the 15th day of Sept., A. D. 1896, and that he has
resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for
five years last past, and for one year last past within the State of
Pennsylvania; that he has never borne any hereditary title, or been of any of
the orders of nobility in the kingdom from which he came or elsewhere.  He
therefore prays that he may be admitted to become a citizen of the United
States; and he will ever pray, &c.
          Wm. Harvey Richardson
          Petitioner
Clearfield County, SS:
  John Greenaway and George Granville, citizens of the United States, being duly
sworn according to law, do depose and say that we are well acquainted with Wm.
Harvey Richardson, the above named petitioner, and to the best of our knowledge
and belief, he has resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the
United States for five years last past, and for one year last past within the
State of Pennsylvania; that during the same period he 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.
          Witnesses:
          George Granville
          John Greenaway
  Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 15th day of Sept., A. D. 1896
          D. J. Gingery
          Prothonotary
Clearfield County, SS:
  I, Wm. Harvey Richardson, the above named petitioner, do, upon my solemn oath,
declare that the contents of my petition are true; that I will support the
Constitution of the United States; and that I do absolutely renounce and abjure
all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign Prince, Potentate, State and
Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the Queen of Great Britain., of whom I
was a subject.
          Wm. Harvey Richardson
          Petitioner
  Sworn and subscribed in open Court this 15th day of Sept. A. D. 1896
          D. J. Gingery
          Prothonotary


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