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SS Empire City
I, Samuel S Baxter, master of the S. S. Empire City do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collections District of New Orleans, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Empire City at New York and Havana from which Port said SS has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of the 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 have died. So help me God. (signed) Samuel S Baxter Sworn before me this December 10, 1860 (signed) Thomas Fields
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. Empire City, whereof Samuel S Baxter is master,Havana and New York burthen ????????? tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation.
1 Waite Newman 29 F Milliner United States United States Cabin 2 Sarah Bemas 40 F None United States United States Cabin 3 Miss Eva Hart 27 F None United States United States Cabin 4 Miss Ann Willis 22 F None United States United States Cabin 5 Miss Lena Angell 19 F None United States United States Cabin 6 Miss Fanny Angell 17 F None United States United States Cabin 7 ? Davidsburg 30 M Merchant United States United States Cabin 8 Mrs? Mary Fagan 27 F None United States United States Cabin 9 Mary Davis 39 F None United States United States Cabin 10 John Davis 7 M None United States United States Cabin 11* Mary Davis 5 M None United States United States Cabin 12 ?? Henson 39 M Merchant United States United States Cabin 13 Sarah Henson 28 F None United States United States Cabin 14 ?ria Ann Smith 30 F Governess United States United States Cabin 15 John Allen Putnam 40 M Merchant United States United States Cabin 16 ??ily Davlin 20 F None United States United States Steerage 17 David Reagan 40 M Mechanic United States United States Steerage 18 Thomas M Maas 37 M Mechanic United States United States Steerage 19 Mathew Sherlock 29 M Mechanic United States United States Steerage 20 Robert Sherlock 33 M Mechanic United States United States Steerage 21 David Henderson 42 M Carpenter United States United States Steerage 22 Thos Foster 39 M Mariner United States United States Steerage 23 Wm White 42 M Mechanic United States United States Steerage 24 John White 30 M None United States United States Steerage 25 Wm Pottholf 40 M Laborer United States United States Steerage 26 Michael Nicholas 38 M Mechanic United States United States Steerage 27 Francis Stona 40 M Carpenter United States United States Steerage 28 Wm K Fitzgerald 32 M Mariner United States United States Steerage 29 Henry Runingall 37 M Mason United States United States Steerage 30 Ben?? Wood 29 M Tailor United States United States Steerage 31 John Deminen 42 M Painter United States United States Steerage 32 Mary Home 33 F None United States United States Steerage 33 Robert Scullen 27 M Mechanic United States United States Steerage 34 Cha Diedrich 39 M Mechanic United States United States Steerage 35 Susan Diedrich 28 F None United States United States Steerage 36 John Clary 40 M Mariner United States United States Steerage 37 John Hayden 33 M Mariner United States United States Steerage 38 Foster Thomas 39 M Mariner United States United States Steerage 39 Mary Hayden 27 F None United States United States Steerage 40 Francisco Garcia 40 M Merchant Spain United States Steerage 41 Iran Puazzo 38 M Mechanic Spain United States Steerage 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. ? used when could not read or no information given no one died on voyage Passenger numbers have been added for ease in referencing. 11 Mary Davis, age 5, listed as Male
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 50.
Transcribed by Mildred Heard for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 November 1998
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