...Naturalization Law of 1790 mandated that "any alien, being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for two terms, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof." 1 Over the next two centuries and beyond,...

...of November 1858 said petitioner appeared in this Court and showed to the Court that he had resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for and during the full term of five years last preceding said 1" day of November 1858. That afterwards...

...March 26, 1790, Congress decreed that "any alien, being a free white person who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for a term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof." An amendment a few years later required...

...of America in Congress assembled, That any alien, being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof, on application to any common law...

...resiappii?ca"ntctofbche dence of tne applicant within the limits and under the jurisdiction of naturalized. tne Umtecl States for at least five years immediately preceding...witnesses. And such continued residence within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, when satisfactorily proved, and the place or...

...at least five years immediately preceding the time of such application, must be proved by the oath of citizens of the United States, which citizens shall...witnesses; and such continued residence within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States, when satisfactorily proved, and the place where...

...continued to reside within Ute tame, or he shall not be so admitted: and the residence of the applicant within the limits, and under the jurisdiction of the United States, for at least five years imiaedjatej) Ufw%.4iiu& .1. _.:..,. ,,{" «...i. — i>irin*(iuuu, »dad ne proved by the oath or affirmation...

...before the 14th April, 1802, and that he has continued to reside in the same. But the alien's residence within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for five years preceding his application, must be proved by the oaths or affirmations of citizens of the...

...Congress (March 2.6, 1790) provided that any alien being a free white person who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof. The policy was to encourage immigration...