Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig President

I, W Slichting do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the Report or Manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Philadelphia contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers which were on board the Bg President at the time of her sailing from the port of Bremen or which have been taken on board at any time since; that I am at present, and have been during the voyage, master of the said vessel. And I do likewise swear that all matters whatsoever in the said Report or Manifest are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. [signed] W Slichting

Sworn before me, this 26 day of Augt 1839 [illegible] Collector

Report and Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig President whereof Slichting is Master, from Bremen burthen _____ Tons and owned by of Bremen and bound to Philadelphia

Columns represent: Passenger number, name, age, sex, occupation,To What Country Belonging.

 1  W Hammer             25     Male    Hunter     Kirschberg
 2  Charles Gieseke      30     Male    Miller     Benningen
 3  Henrietta Schneider  29     Female             Eisenach
 4  Chs Augt Kontze      25     Male    Farmer     Warren Co (Miss)
 5* Child Kontze          4     Male  
 6  Conrad Doerfler      40     Male    Butcher    Bautzfeld
 7  James Neuberger      28     Male    Farmer     Dorzbach
 8  Saml Lewenthal       32     Male    Farmer     Laiback
 9  Joshua Bickel        20     Male    Farmer     Dorzback
10  Fred Mesta           23     Male    Tailor     Ehlen
11  Child Mesta           2     Female
12  Andrew Hawel         32     Male    Merchant   Konigenahof
13  John Brass           39     Male    Farmer     Ushoussen
14* Mrs Brass            25     Female 
15  Miss Krah            20     Female
16  Francis Wolff        25     Male    Joiner     Mastholtse
17  John Herbert         26     Male    Shoemaker  Fladungen
18  Henry Wendlinger     32     Male    Tailor     Burkartrodz
19  Hyasinth Sauer       29     Male    Joiner     Fladungen
20  John Henry Stemshorn 30     Male    Farmer     Weinbrake
21* H Henry Kreise       35     Male    Farmer     Weinbrake
22  Fred Wil Lubeckeman  40     Male    Miller     Weinbrake
23  T Diedr Kruger       29     Male    Smith      Weinbrake
24  Charles Reibermeyer  42     Male    Farmer     Uchte
25  John Schmitting      50     Male    Tinman     Steuerberg
26  Ludn Schmidt         48     Male    Farmer     Steuerberg
27* Eliza Kreise         52     Male    Farmer     Steuerberg
28  Mich Kunzenman       40     Male    Tailor     Rumbauer
29* Child                 4     Female
30  Reinh Malgemus       52     Male    Farmer     Rheina
31  Henry Schmidt        40     Male    Joiner     Langenschwarz
32  John Durr            26     Male    Weaver     Langenschwarz
33  Herm Koch            30     Male    Shoemaker  Watisstock
34  Miss Koch             8     Female
35  Miss Koch            20     Female
36  Miss Koch            22     Female
37  Fredr Penke          40     Male    Shoemaker  Watisstock
38  Anton Brune          26     Male    Cooper     Watisstock
39  Chs Dreftmeyer       24     Male    Farmer     Watisstock
40  Henry Kamphas        40     Male    Farmer     Watisstock
41* Elizabeth Bentrup    26     Male               Watisstock
42  Fredr Haase          30     Male    Farmer     Hentzendorf
43  Francis Weber        12     Male
44  Weber                 8     Female
45  Weber                 2     Male
46  John Mich Albert     22     Male    Farmer     Burkartrodz
47  John Voll            26     Male    Farmer     ?ahlback
48  Isac Rosenzweig      28     Male    Butcher    Rockenhausen
49  Diedr Rutenberg      26     Male    Carpenter  Bremen
50  Fred Hoffman         22     Male    Carpenter  Bremen
51  Madame Seelhorst     26     Female
52  Daughter              2     Female
53  Chs Schnepel         38     Male    Farmer     Bettendorf
54  Mrs Schnepel         32     Female 
55  Miss Schnepel        20     Female
56  Child                12     Male
57  John Fred Kramer     28     Male    Farmer     Menniggifer
58  Fred Parmeyer        26     Male    Farmer     Menniggifer
59  Mrs Kramer           24     Female
60  Child                 5     Female
61  Chs Kramer           16     Male    Farmer     Bettendorf
62  Henry Fred Kramer    24     Male    Farmer     Menniggiffer
63* Child Kramer         Baby   Female
64  Henry Nagel          26     Male    Farmer     Menniggiffer
65  Child                Infant Female
66  Ernst Homburg        28     Male    Farmer     Menniggiffer
67  Chs Andres           35     Male    Farmer     Menniggiffer
68  Wm Nagel             45     Male    Farmer     Menniggiffer
69  Mrs Nagel            40     Female
70  Child                 8     Female
71  Child                 4     Male
72  Child                 2     Female
73  Henry Wm Klappmayer  40     Male    Farmer     Menniggiffer
74  Isaac Hawley         24     Male    Weaver     Hessdorf
75  Meyer Meyer          30     Male    Sadler     Hammelburg
76  J Backman            43     Male    Mercer     Hammelberg
77  H Hocht              40     Male    Butcher    Untererthal
78  M Schild             40     Male    Farmer     Untererthal
79  Juda Schwab          18     Male    Mercer     Untererthal
80  Hirch Strauss        20     Male    Butcher    Steinach
81  ? May                28     Male    Mercer     Ebelsbach
82  Fanny May            25     Female 
83* Adam Rumpel          26     Male    Farmer     Weisentheid
84  George Lang          28     Male    Farmer     Weisentheid
85  Joseph Schwell       30     Male    Farmer     Weisentheid
86  Valt Muller          48     Male    Farmer     Weisentheid
87  George Eckert        50     Male    Farmer     Weisentheid
88  Lob Weissenberger    29     Male    Weaver     Untererthal
89  John Schab           30     Male    Farmer     Kirchberg
90  Mrs Schab            28     Female
91  Child                 6     Male
92  Child                 4     Female
93  Child                Infant Female


Transcriber's notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original 
   recorder, not the transcriber, or is used to call your attention
   to additional information in the transcriber's notes.

*  The manifest has a header as follows:  JOHN D. GEORGE,
   Ship and Insurance Broker, No. 121 South Second street,
   opposite the Custom-House, Philadelphia

*  The column Country of which it is their intention to 
   become Inhabitants has been omitted, since all passengers
   indicated that they were immigrating to United States.

*  The column Number and Names of Passengers who have died
   on the Voyage has been omitted, since there were no 
   entries in this column.

*  No punctuation is used with abbreviations.

*  The manifest was not signed by the master.

*  Twenty-four names, numbers 27 through 68, are repeated.
   The final line of the manifest indicates (inaccurately)
   that there were 120 passengers on board.

Passenger # 5 - Age originally given as 20, which was crossed
      out and 4 written in.
Passenger #14 Entry for Mrs Brass has been squeezed in between
      two entries, in smaller script.
Passenger #21 and 27 - Name could possible be Kruse instead 
      of Kreise.
Passenger #27 - Given name is clearly Eliza, but person is
      listed as male.
Passenger #29 - Entry for child is squeezed in between two 
      entries, in smaller script.
Passenger #41 - Given name is clearly Elizabeth, but person
      is listed as male.
Passenger #63 - In age column, the word Baby is superimposed
      on the number 22.
Passenger #81 - Initial could be a very sloppy J or I; it 
      looks like no other letter on the manifest, and actually
      looks like a sloppy heart.
Passenger #83 - Weisentheid was written in the Occupation 
      column, then crossed out and Farmer written in.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 55, List 176.

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