Immigrant Ships
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SS Walla Walla

I, Thos Wallace, Master of the Walla Walla do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.
So help me God. (signature)Thos Wallace
Sworn to this 18th day of June 1893, before me, R.C. Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Walla Walla whereof Thos Wallace is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons

CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY

Collector's Office Jun 18 1893 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS Walla Walla from U.S. ports of this District Three, 3, from Victoria, B.C., none, in transit to China none, Total 3

Sailed from Victoria, B.C. June 18, 1893. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature)RC Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 21 day of June 1893 (signature) M Webber, Deputy Collector of Customs

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence*, Height, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1  Yee  Gee    45 Laborer     5' 4"  Small mole little above the line of right eye
                                     One upper front tooth the right center one gone                                  
2* Hong ?ee    51 Barber      5' 8"  Small scar on right cheek bone
                                     mole corner of left eye
3  Ah   Kwong  30 Laundryman  5' 6"  Scar over left ear


Transcriber's Notes:

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next
 three paragraphs are two separate stamps placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, There appears to be a system of numbering the manifests.  These numbers are
 included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.

The cover sheet for this list has a hand written note and two stamps.  The note is:
San Francisco June 20-93 Respectfully referred to Collector as to the rights  of the 
within named Chinese persons to land (signature) S.J. Ruddell, Dep Coll
Allow landing under Dept telegram of Nov 21, 1888,  (signature) E.B. Jisme Dep Coll.

The stamps are:
 I certify that I have this day landed the within named chinese(sic) persons 
  (signature) WW Presbury June 21, 1893
 Inspector Presbury on identification by _____ (uncompleted blank) land the within named
  chinese(sic) person in accordance with foregoing order (signature) SJ Ruddell June 21, 1893

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 No of Certificate=no entries
 Last Residence=Port Townsend 
 Complexion=Yellow
 Color of Eyes=Dark 

Passenger Notes:

2  second name is probably Lee

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