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I, (signed) Arthur B Peters Master of the SS Devon 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 New York, is a full and perfect List of all the Passengers taken on board of the said SS Devon at Bristol from which Port said SS Devon has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers; the part of the Vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.Sworn to, this April 3rd 1879 (signed) Arthur B Peters before me(unreadable) So help me God.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board Steamship Devon Whereof AB Peters is Master, from Bristol burthen 1186 tons
Columns represent: name, age (years, months), sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country to which they intend to become inhabitants, died on the voyage, part of the ship occupied by each passenger during the voyage
1 Williams Daniel 28 male engineer England United States Steerage 2 Misny John B 22 male clerk England United States Steerage 3 Bond J. 51 male engineer England United States Steerage 4 Iles John 30 male farmer England United States Steerage 5 Ball James 31 male laborer England United States Steerage 6 Ball George 19 male laborer England United States Steerage 7* Mar?s Jethro 20 make farmer England United States Steerage 8 Monbland James 24 male farmer England United States Steerage 9* Con?lin Edith 24 wife wife England United States steerage 10* Con?lin Ritchie 10 mos boy child England United States steerage 11 Kennedy James Richard 24 male miner England United States steerage 12 Saunders Theodore 12 m Gent England U S America Cabin 13* Evens George 28 m Gent ds U S America Cabin (signed) Arthur B Peters Master Transcribers Notes: The Cabin passengers were not numbered by the manifest scribe; sequential numbers have been added to aid with referencing. *The captain used m instead of male for Cabin passengers *Passenger #7 The letter could be either an h or k *Passenger #9 The letter could be either an h, k or l as there is a separation *Passenger #10 The letter could be either an h, k or l, both boy and child are in the column for sex, surname is the same for passenger #9 *Passenger #13 Evens George the country to which he left is just a ds
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 417, List 302.
Transcribed by Cheri Salz for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 1 February 1999
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