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Schooner J B Atkinson
I, Jas H. Hubbard Master of the Amer. Schr J. B. Atkinson, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at Gibara, Cuba, from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, calling, country of citizenship, intended destination or location, number of pieces of baggage, location of compartment or space occupied, and date and cause of death of passengers as required by the Passenger Act of 1882; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained with the intention of each passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So Help Me God.
(Signed) Jas. H. Hubbard
Sworn to this 9 July 1883 before me (Signed) ?? Mays, Deputy Collector
List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Schr J. B. Atkinson whereof Jas. H. Hubbard is Master, from Gibara, Cuba, burthen 463 tons
Columns represent: Nr., Names, Age, Sex, Calling, The Country to which they are citizens, Native Country, Intended Destination or Location, Number of pieces of baggage, Location of compartment or space occupied. specify whether forward, mid-ships or aft, Date and cause of death, Whether Visitors only, or intending to be permenant settlers.
Please scroll to view all columns.
1 Hermann Jos. Pohlman 27 Male Chemist Germany Germany *United States 2 Capts Cabin
Transcriber's Notes:
? = Approximate number of letters that are unreadable due to fading, smears,
torn paper etc.
* = Attention to this Transcribers List.
^ = The following letter is superscripted
Numbering was added by Transcriber for ease in finding.
In the 'Intended Destination or Location' Column, United States was lined out,
but nothing else was written in.
The Deputy Collector's signature is very hard to read.
The Columns: 'Date and Cause of Death' and 'Whether visitors only, or intending
to become settlers' were left blank
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 468, List 863
Transcribed by Royal A. Pritchard a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 January 2001
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