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Ship Golden West
I, Wm. E. Putnam, 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 Ship Golden West whereof I am Master, from Shanghai. *So help me God, to the 29th August 1857.
before me, (signed) R. Mi???? (signed)Wm. E. Putnam
List, or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Golden West whereof Wm. E. Putnam is Master, from Shanghai burthen 144 12/95 tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage.
1 Wm J. Boone 47 male Bishop United States United States
2* Mrs. W. J. Boone 32 female United States United States
3* William Boone 11 male United States United States
4* Thomas Boone 9 male United States United States
5* Robert Boone 2 male United States United States
6 John Seymore 25 male sailor United States United States
7 John Brown 25 male sailor United States United States
Transcriber's Notes:
The last couple of lines in the oath do not appear to be worded correctly,
but they were transcribed line by line, left to right.
No deaths were noted on the manifest.
Passengers 2-5: there is a bracket to the right of these names with the
comment: & servant (no name was listed with the comment)
National Archives and Records Administration, M237, Reel 178, Number 1037.
Transcribed by Debbie McCarrell a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 January 2001
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