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Brig Porto Plata
I, Gerhd Koper, Master of the Brig Porto Plata 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 vessel at Porto Plata from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that 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, and 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, and the names and ages of those who died. So help me God. signed Gerhd Koper
Sworn to this 19th June 1862, before me ______________,(illegible signature).
List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Brig Porto Plata whereof Gerhd Koper is Master, from Porto Plata, burthen 163 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.
CABIN PASSENGERS
1 H D Meyerdirks 31 M Merchant Kingsdorf Hannover Germany
2* A Polasf 25 M Merchant Hamburgh Germany
3* M L Polasf 18 F None Germany Germany
4 M A Lopez 28 F None San Domingo San Domingo
5* L Polasf 1mo F None Germany Germany
Transcriber's Notes:
The port of departure is probably Puerto Plata.
Passenger Notes:
2, 3 & 5 - The f is a backward f so the last name could possibly be Polass
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 220, List 571.
Transcribed by Sharon Richlen Ballard a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 May 2001
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