Images of transcripts prepared under Works Progress Administration Project #20837 of the eleven-volume “Index to Records of Aliens’ Declarations of Intentions and/or Oaths of Allegiance, 1789-1880” in the custody of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Information provided is name of immigrant, country of former allegiance, court where application was filed, and the date of the declaration of intention and/or oath of allegiance. The index lists records from five courts: Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (CP); Philadelphia Court of Quarter Sessions (QS); Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Eastern District (SC); United States Circuit Court, Philadelphia (CC); United States District Court (DC). Images are arranged alphabetically by surname of naturalized person. This collection is part of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission which was created in 1945.
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