Immigrant Ships
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SS Copernicus

I, jAMES PETRIE Master of the Str Copernicus 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 New York, is a full and perfect list of all passengers taken on board of the said Steamer at New York from which port said Str Copernecus has now arrived; and on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, the names and ages of those who died. So help me God. James Petrie

Sworn to this Jan 3, 1877 J N Muesmal

LIST OR MANIFEST of all passengers taken on board the S S Copernicus whereof __ is Master, from ___ burthen 1041 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which the severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during this voyage.

 1* Mr Stearn                         m Teacher     US        US        Saloon
 2  Mrs Stearn           14 packages  f Teacher     US        US        Saloon
 3* Master Stearn                     m Teacher     US        US        Saloon
 4* Mrs C F Hartt                     f             US        US        Saloon
 5* _ Hartt                             Child       US        US        Saloon
 6  _ Hartt              13 packages    Child       US        US        Saloon
 7* _  _                                Servant     US        US        Saloon
 8  Miss Bella E James    6 packages  f School girl US        US        Saloon
 9  Mr J C Brausser      15 packages  m Geologist   US        US        Saloon
10* Capt J H Cooper                   m Capt        Ecuidior  SA        Saloon
11* Mrs J H Cooper                    f Wife        Ecuidior  SA        Saloon
12* _ Cooper                          f Child       Ecuidior  SA        Saloon
13* _ Cooper                          f Child       Ecuidior  SA        Saloon
14  _ Cooper             10 packages  f Child       Ecuidior  SA        Saloon     died
15* _ _                               f Nurse       Ecuidoir  SA        Saloon
16  Mons Jules Grataloup  2 packages  m Acter       Portugal  Portugal  Saloon
17  Pedro Urbistondo      3 packages  m Acter       Portugal  Portugal  2nd Cabin
18  W E Tismell           1 package   m Acter       Portugal  Portugal  2nd Cabin
19  Miguel Arguaya        2 packages  m Acter       Portugal  Portugal  2nd Cabin
20  J F Cane              1 package   m Acter       Portugal  Portugal  2nd Cabin

James Petrie
14-6


Transcriber's  Notes:

*  An asterisk (*) after the number indicates that more information is in these
   Notes.

*  A blank line (_)indicates that the original recorder failed to record it.

*  The original recorder didn't number the passengers, they were added for
   accuracy of these Notes.

*  The original recorder listed the number of packages in the age column and
   omitted the age. 

*  The original recorder grouped all Children, Servant/Nurse on the same line,
   but this  transcriber assigned one line to each for better clarification.

*  The spelling used was that of the original recorder, misspellings and all.


Passenger Notes:

# 1 - Shared luggage with 2.
# 3 - Shared luggage with 2.
# 4 - Shared luggage with 6.
# 5 - Shared luggage with 6.
# 7 - Shared luggage with 6.
#10 - Shared luggage with 14.
#11 - Shared luggage with 14, the original recorder put this on the same line
      as 10.
#12 - Shared luggage with 14.
#13 - Shared luggage with 14, and passenger died on voyage.
#15 - Shared luggage with 14.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 407, List 7.

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