MATERIAL: Paper
TYPE: Documents (Loose)
DIMENSIONS: 8.5" x 14"
CONDITION: The document has three horizontal folds, but otherwise is in good condition.
LANGUAGE
English
ITEM ID: 3651
Graham County, Arizona: Declaration of Intention to Become a U.S. Citizen
DATE
Year: 1884
Notes: July 17, 1884
Declaration of Intention form in which James Colquhoun, of Graham County, Arizona Territory, declares his intention of becoming a U.S. citizen and thus renouncing all allegiance to the “Queen of Great Britain and Ireland.” The upper half of the document is signed by Colquhoun and for Edward Tuttle, clerk of the District Court of the 1st Judicial District of Graham County. The bottom part of the document, where the seal is usually affixed and clerk signs as a witness to the oath of the applicant, has not been filled in. James Colquhoun (1857-1954) was born in England, educated in Ireland and Scotland, and arrived in Clifton, Graham County, at the age of twenty-five to work at the Arizona Copper Company. From a low-level position at the company, Colquhoun rose to prominence in the American mining industry.
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