Immigrant Ships
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Steamship Empire City

I Henry Windle* do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on bord the Steamship Empire City whereof I am Master, from Havana, So help me God

Sworn to this 27 March 1855             Henry Windle
Before me ? C??????

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship Empire City whereof Henry Windle is Master, from Havana burthen 1751 tons

Columns represent: Names, Age (with columns for years and months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants,died on the voyage*.

 1* Sra C Robbilet 23 Female Spinster  France         United States
 2  M Molinar      45 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
 3* Sra A Agnilo   42 Female Wife      Cuba           United States
 4  C.W. Werding   29 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
 5  M Bombalur     24 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
 6  G. Cromwell    32 Male   Merchant  U.S.           United States
 7  R. Arenas      29 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
 8* R. Enriques    24 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
 9* F. Molins      23 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
10  R.Telmas       28 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
11  W.R.Overman    37 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
12* G. G???elut    29 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
13  R. Stopel      28 Male   Music     Italy          United States
14  B. Stopel      26 Male   Music     Italy          United States
15  Mrs C Deara    29 Female Music     Italy          United States
16  S. Naskelsky   25 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
17  M Rulabomb     42 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
18  T Pryor        30 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
19  T Berry        27 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
20  E Hensley      25 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
21  T Paverne      23 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
22  G Gounot       29 Male   Merchant  Cuba           United States
23  D Holliday     26 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
24  O Gasser       32 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
25  S Dobb         29 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
26  E Morris       24 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
27  E Freeman      32 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
28  B Moore        29 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
29  G Wilkinson    45 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
30* C Hi??s        36 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
31  B Jackson      25 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
32  C S Kidder     29 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
33  G. Bradley     26 Male   Merchant  United States  United States
34* E.W.T?in       23 Male   Merchant  United States  United States 


Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an asterisk indicates an omission or error made by the 
  original recorder

The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, 
  due to quality of original document

Passenger numbers have been added for ease in referencing.

* Windle--I believe this to be an "i" rather than an "e", although 
  it is quite difficult to read.  In two of the three instances of 
  this name, there appears to be a dot above the letter, which leads 
  me to this conclusion

? The collector of customs'signature is illegible except for the 
  capital C of the last name.  The second letter of the last name is 
  either an "a" or an "h".This is followed by two tall strokes, what 
  may be an 'm', and what may be three or four mor letters.

* as there were no deaths on the voyage I have deleted this column

  1,3 Sra stands for Senora
  8,9 The 'o' is open and the 'l' is quite short, and the writing is 
      cramped, making it difficult to read.  This writer's 's' sometimes 
      looks like a 'z'.  On the English names it is quite obvious how the 
      word should be spelled.  I am less sure in the case of the Spanish 
      names which of the two letters I am looking at. Phonetically, the 
      result is the same!
 12   G???elut  The three letters appear to be "lip", but I cannot make 
      any sense of the word this way.  
 30   Hi??s  In my heart of hearts, I believe this to say Hines, but I 
      cannot be sure that is what it says, as it is very cramped.
 34   T?in This letter may be an 'h', it has an upstroke which is confused 
      with the 'y' of the name Bradley above it, so cannot be read with 
      any certainty.  The last letter of the word could be an "m".  It looks as if 
      the pen may have been lifted from the paper during the stroke which 
      joined an 'i' and an 'n', or on the first upright curve of an 'm'

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 151, List 158.

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