Scope and Content: St 1885, c 345, which extended the state naturalization function from the Supreme Judicial Court and Superior Court to district, police, and municipal courts (s 1), required each clerk of court to submit an annual listing of citizens naturalized to the state secretary (s 5).  The state secretary arranged and bound these returns annually for public reference.
Arrangement: Arranged at vol. level chronologically by year; within each vol. alphabetically by county, thereunder by court, and then chronologically
Notes: Spine title: Naturalization returns. –Worcester County naturalizations, 1916-1922, 1923-1929, bound separately (v. 48-49) – -Appendix: Lists of persons (with addresses) naturalized in U.S. District Court, Boston, and state Superior Court, 1975-1976; included with series
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