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SS Willamette Valley
I, John Von Helms, Master of the Willamette Valley 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 Guaymas & way ports 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) John Von Helms
Sworn to this 18th day of April 1895, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Willamette Valley whereof John Von Helm is Master, from Guaymas, burthen 742.69 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 oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.
1* Ng Hon Huai, 52y, Merchant, Mazatlan, 5'5", Dark, Black, scar on right cheek 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 following columns had no entries and are not included: No of Certificate If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts 1 Passenger was Landed with "I.T." Transit List 4266 and departed per steamer Acapulco May 8, 1895. There is also a note "Landed on board to depart May 25 '95."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1 Vol 34&35, Manifest 9469-4.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 June 2003
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