Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Steamer Prins Maurits

I, Herman Sluiter Master of the Dutch Str. Prins Maurits do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Collection District of New-York, is a full and perfect list of all the Passengers taken an board of the said Steamer at ?uinans Puhau Prince from which port said Steamer has now arrived: and that on said list is truly designatd the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the location of the compartments or space of the said vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each, and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each, also a true statement so far as can be ascertained with reference to the intention of each alien passenger, as to a protracted sojourn in this country.
Sworn to this Dec 29 1888           H Sluiter
So help me God. before me           Thos F?uof

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Dutch Steamer Prins, Maurits Whereof Herman Sluiter is Master, from Port-au-Prince burthen 867.9? tons

Passenger List The Passenger Act 1883 47

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country they are Citizens, Intended destination, Death and cause, Space occupied, Baggage, Transiant or Intransiant.(sp)

    
1* S. K. Holt               25 Male   Sea Captain     U.S.       Nord. Carline    MauFever Cabin  1 Intransiant    
2* J.C. Smith               29 Male   Seaman          U.S.       Nord. Carline 4  MauFever Cabin* 3 Intransiant    
3* Julius August Abrahams   19 Male   Teacher         Surinume   New York Lio??            Cabin  3 Intransiant    
4  Gabriel Abraham          21        Merchant        Jerusulem  Haitti PusauFv??          Cabin  1 Transiant    
5  A. Duthier               25 Male   Leisure         Haitti     Paris                     Cabin  1 Transiant    
6  Conti  de Deloa          26        Officer of Army Haitti     Paris                     Cabin    Transiant    
7  M Piougier               33 Male   Professor       France     Paris                     Cabin  1 Transiant    
8  H. Surrignat             18 Male   Merchant        Haitti     Paris                            3 Transiant    
9* Mad J. E. de Contreras   18 female non             Haitti     New York                  Cabin  4 Intransiant    
    

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 a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
  condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

?uinans Pauhau Prince*  Difficult to read, but is probably Port-au-Prince
    
1-3 Names have lines drew under them.    
2 In the Death column it has ditto marks for Cabin and also a 2 in front    
  of the word cabin and a 0 behind the word.    
9 After the Mad there is a small m at the top.    

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 528, List 1719.

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