Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Henry

DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI - Port of New Orleans

I, P. Brown master or commander of the Brig Henry, 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 Brig at the port of Bordeaux, 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 16th day of November 1826 (can't read signature) Collector Signed Pa?ker* Brown

LIST OF ALL PASSENGERS taken on board the Brig Henry, whereof P. Brown is Master, at the Port of Bordeaux and bound for New Orleans.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants.

1  Peter Mignon  30     male   merchant France        Louisiana    
2*        Decuir 60     male   planter  United States Louisiana    
3  Mrs Decuir    30     female          United States Louisiana    
4  Miss  Decuir   8     girl    
5*       Decuir   8 mos boy    
6  P. Poullault  26     male   merchant France        Louisiana    
7* Mr Marshal    28     ?               France        Mexico    
8*     Bosquit   22     ?      baker    France        New Orleans    
    
    
Transcriber's Notes:    
An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the    
transcriber.      
The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality    
of the original document.    
There were no births or deaths reported on the passage, therefore the    
Birth/Death column has been eliminated.    
    
* The Master's first name could be Parker or Pasker.    
2 Decuir's first name space is blank.    
5 Decuir's first name space is blank.    
7 Mr Marshal: What is written in the sex column looks like it was the beginning of the    
word female, but was overwritten with the word ditto.  Ditto would mean the    
person is male as the one above is male.  However, the original writer of this    
list used the word -do- rather than ditto to indicate repetition of above.  The    
title Mr has an upswing that appears to have been an s, but was lined through, making it Mr. It seems Marshal was first thought to be female, but then recorded as male.    
8 Bosquit's first name space is blank.  The conflict on passenger 7 Mr    
Marshal's sex carries to this passenger, meaning it is probably male,    
according to the line above.

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

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