Immigrant Ships
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SS San Jose

I, Thomas Mortensen, Master of the Steamship San Jose do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Panama from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God.
(signature) Thomas Mortensen
Sworn to this 24th day of Feb 1896, before me, (signature) ____, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship San Jose whereof
Thos. Mortensen is Master, from Panama, burthen 1538.3? tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1  Li    Llav  48  Merchant  Panama  5'4"  Departed per City of Peking February 25, 1896 
2  Cheon Sin   51  Merchant  Panama  5'5"  Departed per City of Peking February 25, 1896
3  Luy   Nam   42  Merchant  Panama  5'1"  Departed per City of Peking February 25, 1896
4  Li    Sam   21  Merchant  Panama  5'3"  Departed per City of Peking February 25, 1896
5  Uh    Yung  40  Merchant  Panama  5'6"  Departed per City of Peking February 25, 1896
6  Chom  Wung  70  Merchant  Panama  5'4"  Departed per City of Peking February 25, 1896
7  Joa   Hen   38  Merchant  Panama  5'9"  Departed per City of Peking February 25, 1896


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
 Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers are included in the identification 
 of the film and reel numbers below.

The departure port is listed as simply "Panama."  Research indicates this refers to Panama City.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger and which is stamped over whatever 
 information has been entered in the columns. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1895 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name). 
 
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Landing Refused Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number.  These passengers were 
  probably allowed to land, but not to freely enter the country.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further destination there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number  These passengers expected to continue travel 
   by some other means to their destinations.
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

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