Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Bark Reindeer

I, B. ?ellington*, Master of the Reindeer do solemnly, sincerely, and truly (illegible word) 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 the passengers taken on board of the said Buk* at Puto Rico* from which port said Buk* 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. B. ?ellington* (his signature)

Sworn to this 28 June 1862 Before me (signature illegible)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the (blank) whereof ?ellington* is Master, from Puto Rico burthen 251 6/95 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age in Years & Months, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

    
   1* V R ??herjr   24     Male   Merchant  U Stuts   U Stuts   Cabin
   2  W H Dz        20y2m  Male
   3* W M??         19y5m  Male
   4  W W Frut      37     Male
   5* E G???t       30     Male             P Rico    Spain
   6* Thn ?loss     33     Male
   7  F Bonella     25     Male
   8* J M???r       45     Male

 
Transcriber's Notes:

  Nothing was written in the Died on the Voyage Column. All blank spaces in 
the columns were that way on the Manifest. No ditto marks.

  The Captain's name could be Mellington or Wellington.

  The writer of this list had very bad penmanship. He seemed to take short cuts
when writing his letters.  "Bark" looks like "buk" on the copy of the manifest.
No definite "a" is written. The Captain's name looks like it has "tn" on the 
end.  His signature has "ton". 

  * Puto Rico - on the cover page Puerto Rico is written Porto Rico. On the 
manifest, it is written "Puto". 

  * U Stuts - the first "S" is written with a leading "s" which looks 
like an "f".  The first "t" is not crossed and there is no "e".  Believe the 
words to stand for U States.

  At the top righthand corner of the Manifest is printed: Smith & Lockwood, 
Custom House Brokers, 95 Pine Street.

Passengers Notes:

1 - ??herjr - the beginning initals could be V.R. or just a fancy beginning to 
    "R".  The end of the "R" goes up to become either a raised "r" or the
    beginning of the capital letter of the surname.  The name could be Muher, 
    Merher, or Tucher.  The "jr" on the end could possibly stand for Junior
    or the name could be Muherjr, Merherjr, Tucherjr.
3 - M?? - the name could be Man, Mur, or Min.
5 - G???t - the ? letters are not tall nor do they go below the line. The 
    name could be Grunt, Gruect, Gemet, Genect.
6 - ?loss - the ? letter on the surname could be "W", "T", or "N".  The name 
    could be Wloss, Trloss, Nloss.
8 - M??? - first ? is "i", "e" or "u".  Next letter is a taller pointed letter, 
    but not like the "l" in #7.  The name could be Mule, Mille, Melle, Mellr,
    Mulr.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 220, List 623.

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