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Brig Paragon

I John Remington do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the Report or Manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Philadelphia, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the passengers which were on board the Brig Paragon at the time of her sailing from the port of Havana or which have been taken on board at any time since; that I am at present and have been during the voyage, master of the said vessel. And I do likewise swear that all matters whatsoever in the said Report or Manifest, are to the best of my knowlege and belief, just and true. So help me God.

Sworn before me, this 1st day of May 1832 Collector (unreadable signature) (signed) John Remington

Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Paragon whereof John Remington is Master, from Havana burthen 338 Tons, owned by Beving Hemphorst of Philadelphia bound to Philadelphia

Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, To what Country belonging, Country of which it is their intention to become Inhabitants, Number and Name of Passengers who died on the voyage.

  1. Lewis Me?izit     35 male   merchant New Orleans
  2. *                 22 male   servant  New Orleans
  3. Mrs Sanchez       35 female          Philadelphia
  4. *   Sanchez       10 female          Philadelphia
  5. *   Sanchez        7 female          Philadelphia
  6. John B Couteau    27 male   merchant Philadelphia
  7. John W Parker     30 male   merchant New Orleans
  8. Mr Lazarus        36 male   merchant France
  9. Mrs Lazarus       25 female          France
 10. M De Ne??blie     30 male   merchant Paris
 11. Mrs Lemame        40 female          Paris
 12. *   Lemame        20 female          Paris
 13. *                 22 female servant  Paris
 14. H. Lazarus        32 male   merchant Boston
 15. G Garnez          40 male   merchant Boston
 16. John de Bolle     35 male   merchant Philadelphia
 17. J B Broyer        45 male   merchant Philadelphia
 18. Walter Monteith   36 male   merchant New York
 19. John Merrick      32 male   merchant New York
 20. Oliver Hastings   38 male   merchant N??n??A??nts
 21. Mr White          33 male   merchant New York
 22. Mr McAlpin        38 male   merchant New York
 23. *  McAlpin        21 male            New York
 24. Mr Gray Swett     25 male   merchant Boston


 

Transcriber's notes:
* The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the 
  original recorder.
* The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read,
  due to quality of original document.
* The country of destination was U. States for all passenger, 
  this column was omitted
* There were no births or deaths on this passage, therefore the 
  birth/death column was omitted

Passenger Notes:
#1 could be Melizit or Mehzit
#2 there was no name listed for this 22 year old male servant, possibly
   slave or indentured servant?
#4 & #5 there were no first names listed for these individuals, it 
   appears they are the minor daughters of Mrs. Sanchez
#10 could be Neveblie or Neriblie or similar
#12 no first name listed, presumably daughter of Mrs. Lemame
#13 no name listed for this 22 year old female servant, same as #2
#20 inkblot on first letter of country of origin, rest unclear, the
   "A" in the middle could also be a "t".
#23 no first name listed, presumbaly son of Mr. McAlpin

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