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Certificate, Declaration of Intention Author: Court of Monroe County, New York State Date: October 23, 1855 Robert L. Gilbert, a 21-year-old Englishman, had just finished his journey to the United States when he renounced his allegiance to the Queen of England by signing this Declaration of Intention. Gilbert would continue west into Kansas Territory, where he eventually settled nine miles north of Lawrence in late 1855. Location of Original: KU Call Number: RH MS P238 Item Number: 101586 Number of images: 1 Keywords: Emigration and immigration; England; Farmers; Gilbert, Robert L.; Immigrants; Monroe County, New York State; Settlement |
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