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Brig Ransom
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, John Liton Master of the British Brig "Ransom" do solemnly, sincerely and truly Say that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Vessel at Maracaibo, Venezuela from which said Vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, 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 inhabit 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 died. Sworn to this 11th Febry*18 1879 So help me God before me R????eftel
List or Manifest of All The Passengers taken on board the British Brig "Ransom" who John Liton is Master, from Maracaibo, Venezuela burthen 79 96/100 tons.
Columns Represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country severally belong, Country Intend to become, Died on Voyage, Occupied on voyage.
William Sams 23 Male Merchant clerk* Germany United States Cabin signed John Litson Master *Just the ships name Ransom is in quotations *Febry is spelled this way. *Clerk is written under Merchant
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416.
Transcribed by Bette Dew for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild February 19, 1999
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