John Halpin to A. D. Diserens, Deputy, April 10, 1850

Declaration of intention.

United States of America, State of Ohio, Hamilton County, 88:

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, clerk of the court of common pleas within and for the county of Hamilton aforesaid, William G. Halpin, a native of Ireland, aged about twenty-eight years, bearing allegiance to the Queen of England, who emigrated from Liverpool on the 28th day of August, 1847, and arrived at New York on the 28th day of October, 1847, and who intends to reside within the jurisdiction and under the government of the United States, to wit, Cincinnati, Ohio; and makes report of himself for naturalization, and declares on oath that it is his bona fide intention to become a citizen of the United States, of America and to forever renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, and sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.