Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Edward

I, John Cormeran, Master or Commander of the ship Edward do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear, that the within list, signed by me and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the Passengers taken on board the said ship at the port of London or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I do further swear, that none of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. Sworn before me, this 28th Decemr. 1827. (signed) Be? Ch??, coll.; (signed) John A. Cormeran.

List of all Passengers taken on board the ship Edward whereof Jno. Cormeran is Master, at the Port of London and bound for NEW-ORLEANS.

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

    
  1  Frances Trollope         40  female               England        Louisiana
  2  Cecilia Trollope         12  female               England        Louisiana
  3  Emily Trollope           10  female               England        Louisiana
  4  Frances Wright           28  female               United States  Louisiana
  5  Hestor Rush              24  female               England        Louisiana
  6* August He??iy            23  male     Painter     France         Louisiana
  7  Henry Trollope           14  male                 England        Louisiana
  8  Wm. Abbot                21  male     Farmer      England        Louisiana    

    
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.

  6  August He??iy: Auguste Hervieu. 

This is an interesting list, culturally.  This ship carried the mother and 
siblings of Anthony Trollope, who would in later years become an important 
English author.  Anthony Trollope himself was still at boarding school at 
Winchester, England, apparently feeling very abandoned by his mother, who 
took her other children on this extended voyage to America, where they 
remained for several years.  Frances Trollope was accompanied not only by 
her children on this voyage, but by the "bluestocking" Frances Wright, 
and the French painter Auguste Hervieu, whose name is slightly mangled 
on the above manifest. (From "British Authors of the Nineteenth Century")
 
Frances (Fanny) Trollope herself became a very popular writer during these 
years.  She wrote a series of articles about her experiences in the United 
States.  An article dated 20 April 1828, describes a visit to the Ursuline 
Convent in New Orleans, "a delightful house charmingly situated down the 
river."  Another article from 1828 about visiting Cincinnati, Ohio, 
describes "a theatre, which is, in fact, the only public amusement of this 
triste little town."

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 6.

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