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Schooner Philadelphia


St. Barts*(Barthelemy), French West Indies to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
22 June 1838

Printed for Barnes & Carroll, Ship and Custom House Brokers,
No. 119 South Second Street, Philadelphia
C.3
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Sch. Philadelphia whereof William Bascome is Master, from St. Barts*, burthen 88 40/95 tons, and owned by W^m Bascome of Washington (N.C.)* and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, name, age, sex, occupation, country they belong to, country they intend to reside*.
   
   1    Anne          Wicksell      24    female               St. Barts                  
   2    Sophia        Wicksell      20    female               St. Barts                  
   3    Helena        Wicksell      10    female               St. Barts                    
   4    L. E.         Lembart       36    male      merchant   St. Barts
   5    Miss          Lembart        8    female               St. Barts                  
   6    A. L.         Delisle       40    male                 U. states
   7    Andrew H.     Wolf          13    male      servant    St. Barts 
   

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.
^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber to aid search.
*  All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown.
*  St Barts also known as St Barthelemy is located in the Caribbean Sea and is part of
   French West Indies.
*  Washington, N.C. is a small town on the Pamlico River. It was a regional shipping
   center, and was the first city in America to be named for General George Washington.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 53.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 May 2009



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