No. 3., the 15th day of March, 1867

No. 3.

United States of America, State of New York, City and County of New York, ss:

Patrick Bagan, being duly sworn, says that he resides at Locust Grove, in the town of Newtown, county of Queens, and State of New York, and that he well knows John H. Rogers, now imprisoned in Mountjoy prison, at or near Dublin, Ireland; that deponent knows said John H. Rogers from his birth, which took place at the city of New York on the 15th day of March, 1839; and that deponent acted in the capacity of godfather at the baptism of said John H. Rogers, within a few days after his birth as aforesaid; that Patrick Rogers, the father of said John H. Rogers, also well known to deponent, is and has been for upwards of twenty-five years a duly naturalized citizen of the United States, and for many years an owner of real estate in the county of Kings, in said State, and a voter; and that said John H. Rogers is, and since the 15th day of March, 1860, has been, a native-born citizen of the United States, and has exercised the elective franchise as such.

PATRICK BAGAN.

Sworn before me this 15th day of March, 1867.

HUGH G. CONNELL, Commissioner of Deeds.

State of New York, City and County of New York, ss:

I, William C, Connor, clerk of the city and county of New York, and also clerk of the supreme court for the said city and county, being a court of record, do hereby certify that Hugh G. Connell, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was at the time of taking the same a commissioner of deeds of New York, dwelling in said city and county, duly appointed and sworn, and authorized to administer oaths to be used in any courts in said State and for general purposes, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe.