History of Immigration to the United States: Exhibiting the Number, Sex, Age, Occupation, and Country of Birth, of Passengers Arriving ... by Sea from Foreign Countries, from September 30, 1819 to December 31, 1855

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Redfield, 1856 - 225 pages

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Page 188 - ... that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 191 - States; and the children of persons who now are, or have been, citizens of the United States, shall, though bora out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 187 - ... he has behaved 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.
Page 12 - History of Immigration to the United States, exhibiting the Number, Sex, Age, Occupation, and Country of Birth, of Passengers arriving in the United States by Sea from Foreign Countries, from September 30, 1819, to December 31, 1855...
Page 208 - ... vessel shall take on board of his vessel at any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States aforesaid any greater number of passengers than the proportions aforesaid admit, with intent to carry the same to any foreign port or place, every...
Page 200 - ... to be sued for and recovered in an action of debt, by any person who will sue for the same, and...
Page 189 - I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen...
Page 195 - ... was residing within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States before the...
Page 219 - ... shall incur the same penalties, disabilities, and forfeitures, as are provided for a refusal or neglect to report and deliver a manifest of the cargo aforesaid.
Page 199 - ... shall become a city, town or State charge, within ten years from the date of said bond.

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