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Brig Cambridge

DISTRICT OF BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN – PORT OF BOSTON

I, ?. H. Small*, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the within REPORT and LIST, subscribed with my name and now delivered by me to the Collector of the district of BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the names, age, sex and occupation of all the passengers, together with the name of the country to which they severally belong, and that of which they intend to become inhabitants, which were on board the Brig Cambridge whereof I am at present master, at the time of her sailing from the port of Liverpool or which have at any time since been taken on board the said vessel. And I do likewise swear, that all matters whatsoever in said report and list expressed, are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD. Sworn to before me, this 31 day of July 1826, (signed) N. Tracy, Dep. COLLECTOR. (Signed) ?. H. Small, MASTER.

REPORT AND LIST of the passengers taken on board the bg Cambridge of Boston whereof Small is master, burthen ?15* tons and 39/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Liverpool for Boston.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country to which they intend to become inhabitants.

    
   1  Sarah Smith        40  female                  England     Mass.
   2* Wm. Hughes         27  male    labourer        ????land    U. S. A.
   3* Robert Hind        25  male    calico printer  C??bole     Boston
   4* Robert White       2?  male    labourer        Rochdale    Boston
   5* John Ha?land       26  male    weaver          N. P???ing  U. S. A.
   6* Thomas Alston      30  male    labourer        N. P???ing  U. S. A.
   7  John Heyton        53  male    blacksmith      England     U. S. A.
   8  Wm. Whitelegg      28  male    weaver          England     U. S. A.  
   9  John McCannon      32  male    labourer        Ireland                 
  10  Thomas McKine      26  male    farmer          England                  
  11* Christopher Co?te  30  male    farmer          England    
  12* Henry Lo??e        23  male    weaver          England                  
  13* Robert Beattie     ?1  male    shoemaker       England                  
  14  Ann Beattie        42  female  none            England
  15  Mary Beattie       24  female  none            England
  16  Eliza Beattie       6  female  none            England
  17* Madecai Coalha?z   23  male    calico printer  England
  18* Thomas Duckw?th    25  male    calico printer  Bo?ton     
 
   
Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
  the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
  in the transcriber's notes.

? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
  condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

  Passenger numbers have been added for ease in referencing.
    
* The captain's first initial could have been J or L.
* Ship's burthen could have been 215 or 915 tons.

 2  Wm. Hughes: his origin did not seem to be England or Ireland or Scotland, 
    though seemed to start with I.  Looks somewhat like Irinland.
 3  Robert Hind: for his origin, second letter could be a or e or o; 
    third letter is possibly x.  The o after b seemed to have an umlaut 
    over it, but could be marks on the paper.
 4  Robert White ?: surname looked like White Liah, two separate sections.  
    His age was 27 or 29.
 5  John Ha?land: either n or r or v in question. 
 5-6  Passengers Ha?land and Alston: for their origin, second letter 
    is e or i; letters 3 and 4 possibly dd.
11  Christopher Co?te: letter in question could be o or r or s.
12  Henry Lo??e: possibly Loide or Lorbe or Lorde.
13  Robert Beattie: age was 41 or 61.
17  Madecai Coalha?z: possibly i or r in question
18  Thomas Duckw?th: probably a or u in question.  
    His origin: letter could be l or t, did not seem to be s.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 3.

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