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Citizenship Papers

00-1980-299-0

 Collection
Identifier: 00-1980-299-0

Scope and Contents

Citizenship Papers,  1980-299-0, include thirteen records from the Litchfield County Court House and documents the day when these individuals became American citizens.  Each document records the name of the petitioner, his town of residence in Litchfield County, his age, his city and country of birth, and the foreign power he renounced to become a citizen.  Included are Joseph Gould formerly of England and a resident of Winchester, Charles Caldis formerly of Paris, France and now a resident of Torrington, William Hogan formerly of Ireland and now residing in New Milford, John Cordon formerly of Ireland and now residing in Norfolk, Patrick Connelly formerly of Ireland and now residing in Norfolk, Jeremiah Cornell formerly of Ireland and now residing in Norfolk, Patrick Halpin formerly of Ireland and now residing in Torrington, William O'Mara formerly of Ireland and now residing in Torrington, Martin Havcon formerly of Ireland and now residing in Bethlehem, John Burrows formerly of England and now residing in Litchfield, William Shipman formerly of England and now residing in Litchfield, James Ward formerly of England and now residing in Litchfield, and James Newton formerly of England and now residing in Litchfield.

Dates

  • created: 1850-1881
  • Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1979

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Extent

1.00 folders

1.00 folders

Language of Materials

English

Source of Acquisition

Mrs. Terwillager

Method of Acquisition

Gift.

Existence and Location of Originals

multi-part note content

Related Materials

multi-part note content

Title
Citizenship Papers
Author
Kathy Craughwell-Varda
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository

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