Immigrant Ships
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Ship Henry Astor

I, P. Distebechen, Jr., master or commander of the Ship Henry Astor 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 Havre 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 15th day of Novr. 1826. (proxy signed) B?? Chun - (signed) P. Distebechen, Jr.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Henry Astor, whereof P. Distebecken, Jr., is Master at the Port of Havre and bound for New Orleans.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.

 1  F. Verrier          45     male        merchant      France           New Orleans
 2  V. Verrier          18     male                      France           New Orleans
 3  A. Jenical          36     male        merchant      France           New Orleans
 4  T.  Deterville      40     male        merchant      United States    Louisiana
 5* P. Mass?            18     male                      United States    New Orleans
 6  A. Duplantier       41     male        planter       United States    Louisiana
 7  I. Duf?l?o          38     male        chemist       United States    New Orleans
 8  A. L. B??mare       30     male        merchant      France           New Orleans
 9  Chedeville          32     male        physician     France           New Orleans
10* Ls. Gally           40     male        saddler       France           New Orleans 
11  Mm. Gally           35     female                    France           New Orleans
12* Ls. E?ncault        45     male        Indge         United States    D?s?t ???????
13  Labranche           20     male                      United States    Louisiana
14  A. Bremabel         26     male        Druggist      France           Louisiana
15* T Chan?bus?         37     male        Parrisher     France           Louisiana
16  Pereros             21     male                      United States    Louisiana
17  E. Sacynet          23     male                      United States    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 letter or letters the transcriber was unable to decipher.

  Passenger numbers have been added for ease in referencing.

     
   5 Passenger P. Mass? could have been Masser or Massey or Massy
  10,12 Passengers Ls. Gally and Ls. E?ncault probably had the given name of Louis
  12 Passenger Ls. E?ncault was perhaps an Indigent             
  15 The last few letters of passenger Chan?bus?' name appear to be overwritten and
     it does appear to be Chan?bus.

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

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