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SS Wm Rathbone
I, J Pratt, master of the S. S. Wm Rathbone do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collections District of New Orleans, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Wm Rathbone at Liverpool from which Port said SS has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of the said passengers, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; 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 have died. So help me God. (signed) Joley Pratt
Sworn before me this March 1,1860
(signed) Thomas Fields
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S S Wm Rathbone, whereof J Pratt is master, from Liverpool
burthen ???????tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.
1 H Peterson 40 M Miner Foreigners United States 2 Elizabeth Peterson 44 F Wife Foreigners United States 3 John Peterson 7 M Child Foreigners United States 4 T Peterson 36 M Miner Foreigners United States 5 T Grombery 35 M Miner Foreigners United States 6 N Rasch 16 M Taylor Foreigners United States 7 L Peterson 35 M Taylor Foreigners United States 8 T Svendsen 40 M Shoemaker Foreigners United States 9 P Ellerby 20 M Shoemaker Foreigners United States 10 Mgt Roach 40 F Housekeeper Irish United States 11 Rosanna Roach 18 F Spinster Irish United States 12 John Roach 9 M Child Irish United States 13 Mgt Roach 7 F Child Irish United States 14 Michael Roach 5 M Child Irish United States 15 Honer Roach 3 M Child Irish United States 16 Frederick Roach inf M Infant Irish United States 17 Jno Caulfield 30 M Laborer Irish United States 18 Eugene LeBlanc 23 M Miner Foreigners United States (Signed) J Pratt Transcriber's Notes: ? used when could not read no passengers died on the trip no part of vessel occupied listed passenger numbers added to aid with referencing
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M 259, Reel 49.
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