Patrick Bagan to I, Lawrence Clancy, clerk of the city of New York, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original on file in said court, and that the said Patrick Rogers was there. upon duly admitted á citizen of the United States. In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court this 15th day of March, 1867 . LAWRENCE CLANCY, Clerk [Marine court of the city of New York, l. s. ], April 11, 1839

No. 2.

Patrick Bagan, being duly sworn, saith that he, this deponent, knows and is well acquainted with Patrick Rogers, and that he, the said Patrick Rogers, has resided within the United States five years at least, and within the State of New York one year at least; and further, that during that time 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.

I, Patrick Rogers, do declare on oath, before the marine court of the city of New York, that I will support the Constitution of the United States; and that I do absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom I was before a subject.