I found these 2 things on ancestery.com Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records Name: Frederick Axthelm Place of Origin: Germany Declaration of Intent Date: Oct 14, 1842 Declaration of Intent Court: Quarter Sessions Signature 1: Signature 2: Frederick Axthelm Comment: 2282 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Philadelphia Naturalization Records. Detroit, MI, USA: Gale Research Co., 1982. Description: Information compiled in this data set was originally edited by P. William Filby and published as a book volume called Philadelphia Naturalization Records. It includes information on more than 113,000 immigrants to America from nearly 100 countries who applied for citizenship through the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania courts system from 1789 to 1880. Most of the records list an individual's name, any alternate spellings or interpretations of that name, that individual's country of former allegiance, as well as the date and location the individual filed a declaration of intention and/or oath of allegiance. _Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s_ (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7486&enc=1) Record about Frederick Axthelm Name: Frederick Frederi Year: 1842 Place: Philadelphia Source Publication Code: 9290 Primary Immigrant: Axthelm, Frederick Annotation: Called Section II, Alphabetical Index of Naturalization Records, 1794-1880, Maritime Records, Port of Philadelphia. Entries include names of applicants, countries of former allegiance, courts of record, and declaration dates. Reproduced from typewritten m Source Bibliography: UNITED STATES, WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION. Index to Records of Aliens' Declarations of Intention and/or Oaths of Allegiance, 1789-1880, in United States Circuit Court, United States District Court, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Quarter Sessions Court, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia. Compiled by W.P.A., Project No. 20837. [Harrisburg:] Pennsylvania Historical Commission, [1940]. 25 vols. in 11. Vol. 1. Letter A. 79p. Page: 79