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Ship Westphalia

I H. Wessels 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 Bremen Ship Westphalia whereof I am Master, from Bremen. So help me God. Heinr Wessels (his signature) Sworn to, the February 17, 1842 Before me C.P. Church (his signature)

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Bremen Ship Westphalia whereof H. Wessels is Master, from Bremen Burthen (blank) tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, and The country to which they intend to become inhabitants.

    
  1st Cabin

1* Herm Angt ??venhorst      male  Merchant    Germany   New York

  *Sterage Passengers

2  Otto Gottl Kratzschmar    male  Farmer      Germany   New York
3* Herm Christ. Torbeck      male  Musilker              Philadelphia
4* Heinr Lud^? Meyer         male  Merchant    Germany   New York
5* Johannes Schuckart        male  ??????ker   Germany   New York
6  Herm Heinr Lubke          male  Merchant    Germany   New York
    
Transcriber's Notes:     

 *Steerage is spelt with one "e" on the manifest.  Passengers is also spelt
   pafsengers.  The "fs" is the old way of writing "ss".
  No ages were given, so that column has been eliminated.
  If there was a Died on voyage column, it has been cut off of the copy of 
   the manifest that I have.
  
Passengers:
#1 - ??venhorst - the first letter could be a "N" or "V".  The second letter 
      is either "a" or "u".  Navenhorst, Nuvenhorst, Vavenhorst, Vuvenhorst.
#3 - Torbeck - his occupation appears to be spelt musilker.  If the "l" is a 
      tall "c", then the occupation could be musicker which was another name 
      for musician.  No country of origin was indicated.
#4 - Meyer - after Lud there appears to be a raised letter(s), but I can't be 
      sure what they are.
#5 - Schuckart - his occupation has been written over.  The last part looks like 
      "meaker". The first letter could be F or T.  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 48.

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