Were people given a copy of the forms they filled in, in order to become a
citizen?

A friend has her grandfather's Petition for Naturalization filled-in form,

from 1913, complete with folds and scotch taped together.

It says that her grandfather arrived in the U.S. in 1903 and filed a
Declaration of Intent in 1906 in the Circuit Court of the Southern District
of New York.

In the 1915 NY State census it says he was a citizen. No one in the family
has his Certification of Naturalization.

All the best,
Roberta Berman
Southern California

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