Immigrant Ships
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SS Cahawba
New Orleans via Havana, Cuba to New York
18 January 1856
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, J. D. Bulloch, 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 U. S. M. Steamship Cahawba whereof I am Master, from New Orleans via Havana.
So help me God. (signed) JD Bulloch.
Sworn to this Before me Jan 18 1856 (signed) ffWalder DC
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the U.S.M. Steamship Cahawba whereof J. D. Bulloch is master, from New Orleans via Havana burthen 1643 tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age in Years and Months, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage.
1 Wm J Townsind 29 Male
2* J. W. Turnbull 33 Gent Englande
3* B. Anger 27 Merchant U.S. U.S. !
4 J. Dipperman 31 U.S.
5 J. Lopez 28 Spain Spain
6 J. S. Bucher 27 U.S. U.S.
7* C. Marti ?? 52 Gent Spain
8 Mrs. C. Marti 47 female
9 R. Velasquez 19 male
10* J. R. Tompkins 38 U.S. Mag't U.S.
11 A. Gerhart 35 Mcht
12 J. Duther 45
Transcriber's Notes:
Passenger numbers have been added by the transcriber.
Recorder filled all blank fields with this symbol: --"-- or --v--
? Indicates a letter that cannot be read due to the quality
of the original document.
#2, name could be Tumbull or Turnbull.
#3, name could be read as Angu or Anger or Auger, and
there appeared to be an exclamation mark in the Died on the
Voyage column.
#7, two letters could be sr or jr.
#10, occupation could be read as Mag't or Majt or Mast.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 415.
Transcribed by Chris Langner
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
10 Feb 2000
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