Naturalization: James J. Hartt

James J. Hartt, a native of Ireland this day applied to the Court to be admitted a citizen of the United States: whereupon the said James J. Hartt exhibited a certificate of the Clerk of the Mayor’s Court for the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, showing that he arrived in the United States more than five years previous to the date hereof; and the Court being satisfied by the exhibition of the said certificate and by the testimoney of Wm. B. Thompson and Rudolph Littlejohn, citizens of the United States, who were examined as witnesses on oath, that since the arrival of the said James J. Hartt as aforesaid, he has resided within the United States five years at least, and within this State one year at least, and the Court being further satisfied that during that time the said James J. Hartt 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, he, the said James J. Hartt, declared on oath in open Court, 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 Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and thereupon the said James J. Hartt is admitted a citizen of the United States.