Immigrant Ships
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SS Philadelphia

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK

I, James F. Schinck, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed bywith 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 board the Steamship Philadelphia whereof I am Master, from Havana. Sworn to this 30th day of April, 1854. So help me God. (signed) J. F. Schinck
Before me (unreadable).

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship Philadelphia whereof Jas. Findlay Schinck is Master, from Havana, burthen Twelve hundred & thirty-eight 10/95 tons.

Columns signify: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, the country which they intend to become inhabitants.

 1  W. Christie      25         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States  
 2  L. P. Kiur       24         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States 
 3  Ann Dunn         32         Female   Lady       Ireland    U. States      
 4* F. A. Eshampes   28         Male     Merchant              U. States    
 5* T. P?ig          24         Male     Merchant   *          U. States     
 6* D. Ramos         25         Male     Merchant   *          U. States      
 7  J. W. McClure    31         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States    
 8  W. Keller        26         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States 
 9  A. Ponsone       29         Male     Merchant   France     U. States 
10* A. Cla?en        30         Male     Merchant   France     U. States 
11 G. Rutter         28         Male     Actor      U. States  U. States 
12 W. A. Sulade      27         Male     Actor      U. States  U. States 
13 T. D. Reynolds    30         Male     Actor      U. States  U. States 
14 D. Loyd           26         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States 
15 T. Richardson     24         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States 
16 A. Maires         27         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States 
17 P. Boyack         31         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States 
18 J. White          29         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States 
19 F. Clossullin     52         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States 
20 Mrs. Clossullin   45         Female   Lady       U. States  U. States 
21 J. Clossullin     27         Male     Merchant   U. States  U. States 
22 Mrs. Clossullin   24         Female   Lady       U. States  U. States 
23 C. Rivera         34         Female   Lady       Spain      U. States 
24-27  & 4 children   4,6,8&10
                                2 Female            Spain      U. States 
                                2 Male              Spain      U. States 
28 John Edmunds      29         Male     Mechanic   U. States  U. States 

Transcriber's Notes:    
* As there were no deaths, the Died on the Voyage column has been omitted.   
* Unreadable letters are indicated with a ? 
* Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.
 
 4 F.A. Eshampes: Country to which severally belong is either smeared or crossed out. 
   Could have been United States.  Name has a line over the "a". 
 5 T. P?ig could be T. Prig or T. Puig.  Country of origin same as Eshampes. 
 6 D. Ramos:  Country of origin same as Eshampes. 
10 A. Cla?en could be A. Classen.  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 138.

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