Bark Brothers
I, Allen Baxter 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 New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Bark Brothers whereof I am Master, from Glasgow, So Help me God, Allen Baxter
Sworn to this Nov 3 1851 Before me N????DC
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bark Brothers whereof Allen Baxter is Master, from Glasgow burthen Four hundred ninety three tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage (none were listed)
1 Bridgett Cartwright 29 Female Servant Ireland America 2 George Cartwright 9 Male Servant Ireland America 3* Charles Camble 15 Male Laborer Ireland America Transcriber's Notes: * The ?s in the Deputy Collector's name indicates letters that can not be definitively read. The Deputy Collector's name is written with all the letters joined together and with DC attached. * The writing is uniform in size, taking up 4 1/4 inches in length and 7/16th of an inch in height except for the final "C" which is a full 1 inch in width and height and falling above and below the line of script. * The first letter looks like an "N" with the remainder of the letters possibly being "Bomn" followed by DC If this is an accurate interpretation it would make the name N. Bomn, DC * #3 The occupation was spelled Labourer * No passengers were listed as having died on the voyage so the column was eliminated
National Archives and Records Administration: Film M237, Reel 107, List 1599
Transcribed by Joan Humphreys Bergbower a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 July 2000
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