Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Barque Ann

DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI - PORT OF NEW ORLEANS

I, Robson, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear, that the Report and Manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Mississippi, PORT OF NEW-ORLEANS, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Goods, Wares and Merchandise, including Packages of every kind and nature whatsoever, which were on board the barque Ann at the time of her sailing from the Port of Liverpool or which have been laden or taken on board at any time since, and that the Packages of the said Goods are as particularly described as in the Bills of Lading, signed for the same by me, or with my knowledge; that I am at present, and have been Master of the said vessel and that no Package whatsoever, or any Goods, Wares or Merchandise, have been unladen, landed, taken out, or in any manner whatever removed from on board the said vessel since her departure from the said Port of Liverpool except such as are now particularly specified and declared in the abstract or account herewith, and that the clearance and other papers, now delivered by me to the Collector, are all that I now have, or have had that any way relate to the Cargo of the said vessel; and I do further swear, that the several articles specified in the said Manifest, as the sea stores for the cabin and vessel, are truly such, and were bona fide put on board the said vessel, for the use of the officers, crew, and passengers thereof, and have none of them been brought, and are not intended by way of Merchandise, or for sale, or for any other purpose than above mentioned, and are intended to remain on board for the consumption of the said officers and crew. I further swear, that if I shall hereafter discover, or know of any other or greater quantity of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, of any nature or kind whatsoever, than are contained in the Report and Manifest subscribed and now delivered by me, I will immediately and without delay, make due report thereof to the Collector of the District of Mississippi, Port of New-Orleans. And I do likewise swear, that all matters whatsoever in the said Report and Manifest expressed, are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I further swear, that an officer of the customs, has applied for an inspection of the Manifest of the Cargo on board said vessel, and that ____ (transcriber: not filled in) certificate or endorsement has been delivered to me, on ____ (transcriber: cannot read this word) Manifest of such cargo. SO HELP ME GOD. Collector's Office, this 3rd day of September 1828, (signed) ? Che?, Collector, (signed) W. W. Robson

Columns represent: names, location on the ship, baggage

    
  
1* Peater Leary        steerage passenger        7 packages wearing apparel 
2  Catherine Leary     steerage passenger
3  Thomas Leary        steerage passenger
4  Margaret Leary      steerage passenger
5  Ann Leary           steerage passenger
6* Pheln Leary         steerage passenger
7  Ellen Leary         steerage passenger
8  Adam Jellicoe       cabin     
 
   
Transcriber's Notes:     

* indicates an error made by the original recorder or is used to call your
  attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes.
? indicates letters that could not be read, due to quality of original document. 

1 Peater Leary: name as found.  The baggage was bracketed together for 
  all passengers including Adam Jellicoe.
6 Pheln Leary as found.

Ship's stores: 4 casks Beef; 3 casks Pork; a quantity of bread; 
50 gallons Rum; ? 1 cask wine; half barrel flour (listed twice); 
1 cask vinegar; 2 cheese.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 7.

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