Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Sama

I, H. Marvin Mel Hansen, Master of the SS Sama 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 Port of Boston, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at Port Antoni from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, calling, country of citizenship, native country, 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 reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So help me God. Sworn to this 6 Aug 1890, H. Marvin Mel Hansen, Master, before me O. Oally ???, Collector.

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the SS Sama whereof H. M. Hansen is Master, from Port Anton, burthen 412 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Calling, The Country of which they are Citizens, Native Country, Intended Destination or Location, No. of pieces of baggage, Location of compartment or space occupied, Date and Cause of Death, Whether Visitors only, or intending to be permanent settlers. The columns No. of pieces of baggage and Date and Cause of Death were blank on all passengers so those columns were omitted.

    
1* Joseph Edgcenut      26  Male  Sea???      England  Eng  U.S.  Cabin  Perm
2* Charlotte Edegcourt  26  Fil?  Domestic    England  Eng  U.S.  Cabin  Perm
3* Mary Dillion         24  Fil?  Missionary  U.S.     U.S. U.S.  Cabin  Perm
4* Adolphus Cresser     20  Male  Clerk       England  Eng  U.S.  Cabin  Visiter

2 males
2 Females   Cabin
4

US Citizens    0-1-1
Immigrants     2-1-3
               2-2=4

England 1 = .3

Port of Boston
Aug 6th 1890
Geo. V. Barrett
Bdg. Officer

Immigrants, not in the U.S. before 1 =   50+
Aliens, previously in the U.S.     2 = 1.00
                                   _________
                                      $1.50
                                        
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 below.

The ? marks indicates letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality 
of the original document.

Departure city is spelled as noted in sworn statement, although clearly misspelled.

Collector's name could also be D. Dally.

50+ is probably 50 cents.

Passenger Notes:
#1  Surname unclear due to copy quality; could also be Edgenut or Edgecourt.
    Fourth letter is small, same size as the e.  See Passenger #2; possibly 
    intended as same name, but definitely written different. Calling could be
    seaman but last 3 letters unclear.  Perm probably short for permanent.  
    Notations after Cabin entry are YHla, Y?Ldo.  Very difficult to read and 
    unsure what they mean.
#2  Surname appears as written, although see Passenger #1 for other possible
    names.  Sex column written as noted; unable to decipher last letter due 
    to copy quality.
#3  Sex column written as noted; unable to decipher last letter due to copy 
    quality.
#4  Visitor misspelled as Visiter.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 112, List 216.

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