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Brig Duroc

Kingston,* Jamaica to New Haven, Connecticut
15 August 1834

DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN – PORT OF NEW HAVEN
I, John Hood, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the above list, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of New Haven, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers which were on board said Brig at the time of her sailing from the Port of ?ingston,* Jamaica. So help me God. (Signed) John Hood. Sworn before me, this 15th day of August 1834. (Signed) Wm. H. Ellis, Collector.
LIST of all the PASSENGERS taken on board the Brig Duroc of New Haven in any Foreign Port or Place.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants. 
 
  1 John     Bignal    40  male    planter   Great Britain  Great Britain
  2 Eliza    Bignal    30  female  lady      Great Britain  Great Britain
  3 Louisa   Bignal    10  female  lady      Great Britain  Great Britain
  4 George   Taylor    26  male    mechanic  Great Britain  Great Britain
  5 Thomas   Hodgson   30  male    planter   Great Britain  Great Britain
  6 Thomas   Towers    25  male    mechanic  Great Britain  United States

Transcriber's Notes:     
* Original has some mispellings: Great Britain was written 
  as Briat Briton.  Kingston was written as Jingston.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 5.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 November 1999

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