Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Amelia

I, Henry ????????? do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of Philadelphia, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the passengers received on board the Ship Amelia whereof I am Master, from Hamburg. SO HELP ME GOD ?m to 13 Dec 1832, before me, [signed] John ???? ???? [signed] Henry Host ??????

List or Manifest of all the PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Amelia whereof H ?????????? is Master, from Hamburg burthen ?44 31/95 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, To what country belonging, Country of which it is their intention to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage.

       
   1. Fr??nd?*           29    male    Jeweller      Sweden  
   2. Leppold*           30    male    Clerk         Prussia 
   3. Willig*            33    male    Mercht        Hamburg
   4. Herman Dorman      40    male    Leadsmith     Holstein
   5. Anna his wife      39    female
   6. Wm. ?eeger*        36    female  Joiner        Holstein
   7. Hannah Kunze       43    female                Holstein
   8. Johann C. ?uth*    33    male    Taylor        Germany
   9. Christine his wife 30    female
  10. Augusta Daughter    3    female
  11. Carl Rege          32    male    Taylor        Germany
  12. Frank Pfuhl        33    male    Sugar refiner Hamburg
  13. ???? W. Bicehman*  26    male    Cloth Dresser Hamburg
  
Transcriber's Notes:
This list was not numbered; numbers have been added by transcriber.
* The form on which this was written has "District of New York - Port of 
  New York" printed at the top, with "New York" crossed off and 
  "Philadelphia" written above.
* The 6th column, "Country of which it is their intention to become 
  inhabitants," has no entry and is not included in the transcription 
  above.
* The 7th column, "Died on the voyage' has no entries and is not 
  transcribed above.
* #1-3 are bracketed with "cabin" written to their left.
* #1 The "?" letters are too faint to be deciphered, but do not fall 
  below the line or rise above the half line. 
* #6 "?" could be a T or J or S?
* #8 "?" could be S or L?
* #13 First name was too faint to be deciphered.  First letter could be 
  a "C", last letter could be an "l" -- Carl?

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 47.

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