(1799), decided the case of M\u2019Creery\u2019s Lessee v. Allender,<\/i> a dispute over whether an Irish emigrant, Thomas M\u2019Creery, had become a naturalized American citizen and was thereby able to leave an estate to a relative who still lived in Ireland. The court decided in M\u2019Creery\u2019s favor, based on a certificate executed before Justice Samuel Chase. The certificate reads:<\/p>\n
Thomas M\u2019Creery, in order to become \u2026 naturalized according to the Act of Assembly \u2026 on the 30th of September, 1795, took the oath \u2026 before the Honorable Samuel Chase, Esquire, then being the Chief Judge of the State of Maryland \u2026 and did then and there receive from the said Chief Judge, a certificate thereof \u2026 : <\/p>\n
Maryland; I, Samuel Chase, Chief Judge of the State of Maryland, do hereby certify all whom it may concern, that \u2026 personally appeared before me Thomas M\u2019Creery, and did repeat and subscribe a declaration of his belief in the Christian Religion, and take the oath required by the Act of Assembly of this State, entitled, \u201cAn Act for Naturalization.\u201d2131<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(1799), decided the case of M\u2019Creery\u2019s Lessee v. Allender, a dispute over whether an Irish emigrant, Thomas M\u2019Creery, had become a naturalized American citizen and was thereby able to leave an estate to a relative who still lived in Ireland. The court decided in M\u2019Creery\u2019s favor, based on a certificate executed before Justice Samuel Chase. … Continue reading “MARYLAND
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