Grant of Naturalization Certificate for Chinese Settler

DATE

Decade: 1870s

Century: 19th (1801-1900)

Notes: 1866 - 1873

Record to grant a certificate of naturalization to a Chinese settler. Contains: – Application for a naturalization certificate. Signed with “X” (unable to sign). 1873
– Identity card with a stamp of police. 1872
– Certificate of baptism. 1873
– Recommendations of good conduct from their own behavior and answers.
– Police reports ensuring good behavior.
– Chinese settler oath granting of residency cedula. 1866.
– Other recommendations of good conduct.
– Printed citation oath of allegiance to the Spanish crown. 1873.
– Notarized Chinese settler oath renouncing their foreign status.