Immigrant Ships
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Schooner Horatio

I Stephen Trowbridge 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 Sch Horatio whereof I am Master, from Matamoros* So help me God. [signed:] Stephen Trowbridge

Sworn to, the 3^rd Dec^r 1827 Before me ?????????? DC

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Sch Horatio whereof Stephen Trowbridge is Master, from Matamoros* Burthen One hundred & two Tons.

Columns represent: Names.; Age. [Years.; Months*.]; Sex.*; Occupation.; The Country to which they severally belong.; The Country to which they intend to become inhabitants.; Died on the Voyage*.

    
1* Dav P Tohr        28 Merchant  United States  United States
2* Manuel Taban      17           Mexico         Mexico
3  Sebastian Trevino 18           Mexico         Mexico

[signed] Stephen Trowbridge
    

Transcriber's Notes:
     
*  The use of an * indicates an omission or error made in the original document
   or a clarification by this transcriber.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to
   the quality of the original document.

^  The use of a caret ^ indicates the following letter has been superscripted.

*  The NARA title page for this ship has an incorrect port of departure: 
   "Matanzas"

*  The signature attesting to the sworn statement is indecipherable; it is
   followed by DC which indicates the Deputy Collector of Customs.

*  The columns for "Months", "Sex" and "Died on the Voyage" have no entries
   and have been omitted.

*  Matamoros is one of Mexico's chief ports, located in the state of
   Tamaulipas, just over the border from Brownsville Texas. Lat: 25 degrees
   50 minutes North; Long: 097 degrees 31 minutes West. More information can be
   found from the Getty Thesaurus of Geographical Names 


Passenger Notes:

#1 - Initial may be I or J; surname may be Tolir, Toler, Joln, Johr 
#2 - Surname may be Tabaer, Jabaer, Jaban

Latter Day Saints Family History Library Film #0002256,
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York
from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828.
Schooner Horatio, Matanzas*, December 3, 1827, #787

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