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Brig James
I, Richardson, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the within REPORT and LIST, subscribed with my name and now delivered by me to the Collector of the district of BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the names, age, sex and occupation of all the passengers, together with the name of the country to which they severally belong, and that of which they intend to become inhabitants, which were on board the Brig James whereof I am at present master, at the time of her sailing from the port of Halifax or which have at any time since been taken on board the said vessel. And I do likewise swear, that all matters whatsoever in said report and list expressed, are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD. Sworn to before me, this 20th day of December, 1826. (Signed) N. Tracy, Deputy COLLECTOR. (Signed) A. Richardson, MASTER.
REPORT AND LIST of the passengers taken on board the Brig James of Boston whereof Richardson is master, burthen 157 tons and 85/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Halifax for Boston.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.
1 Mrs. Whall 30 female lady Boston Boston 2 Bridget Power 16 female lady Boston Boston 3 Jeffrey Power 30 male merchant Boston Boston 4 Mr. Stearns 35 male lawyer Halifax Halifax 5 Mr. Nash 28 male ship master Boston Boston 6 N. G. Rose 27 male merchant Boston Boston 7 James Shea 25 male merchant N. Foundland N. F. Land Transcriber's Notes: The ship probably was from Halifax in Nova Scotia, but that was not specified.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 3.
Transcribed and Contributed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 November 2001
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