[Untitled], this 29th day of October, 1854

[Untitled]

United States of America:

Be it remembered, that, at the district court for the city and county of Philadelphia, held at Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States of America, on the 29th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1856, John Kirwan, a native of Ireland, exhibited a petition praying to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, and it appearing to the said court that he had declared on oath before the clerk of the court quarter sessions, on the 28th day of October, A. D. 1854, that it was bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, of whom he was at that time a subject; and the said John Kirwan having on his solemn oath declared and made proof, &c., &c., that he had resided one year and upwards within the State of Pennsylvania, and within the United States of America upwards of five years, immediately preceding his application, &c., &c., and having declared on his solemn oath that he would support the Constitution of the United States, and that he did absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, &c., &c., and having in all respects complied with the laws in regard to naturalization, thereupon the court admitted the said John Kirwan to become a citizen of the United States, &c., &c.

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