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Brig Eclipse
I, M. Stevenson do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed to 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 passengers taken on board the said Brig Eclipse at Sierra Leone from which port the said Brig Eclipse 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 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 have died. So help me God.
Sworn to this Dec. 10th, 1868 M Stevenson before me (signature cannot be read)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Eclipse whereof M. Stevenson is Master from Sierra Leone burthen 195 ?? 131 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, the Country to which they intend to become inhabitants, died on the voyage, and the part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1 Capt. Willias 40 9 Male Seaman US US Cabin
2* John Williams 28 Male Parson Tyland US Cabin
3* John Griffiths 33 7 Male Parson Tyland US Cabin
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.
? denotes letters or numbers which cannot be read.
Passenger numbers have been added for ease in referencing.
2-3 I do not find Tyland on the Atlas
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 304, List 1267.
Transcribed by Ruth Miller for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild28 February 1999
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