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SS San Blas
LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN IMMIGRANTS FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.
Required by the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, under Act of Congress, approved March 3, 1893, to be delivered to the Commissioner of Immigration by the Commanding Officer of any vessel having such passengers on board upon arrival at a port in the United States.
S.S. San Blas, sailing from Panama Aug 30, 1895 arriving at Port of San Francisco, Sept 26, 1895.
Columns represent: Number, Name, Age, Sex, Married or Single, Occupation, Able to Read & Write, Nationality, Last Residence, By whom was passage paid?, Whether in Possession of Money-if less than $30, how much?, Whether ever before in the US, Whether under contract to labor in the US
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1* Mary De Cordey 38y3m Female Widow Teacher yes Irish Lima self None yes No 2* Thomas Espinoza 25y Male Single Servant no Mexican Acapulco No No yes Transcriber's Notes: The manifest says the port of departure is simply "Panama." Research points to this meaning Panama City. There is no captain's statement attached to this manifest. There is a stamp and signature: San Francisco September 26, 1895 W. H. McSean, Commander. The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in the table: Seaport for Landing in the US=San Francisco Final Destination in the US=San Francisco Whether having a ticket to final destination=yes Whether going to join Relative or Friend=No Whether ever in Prison, Almshouse or supported by Charity=no Whether a Polygamist=no Condition of Health Mental and Physical=good Whether having any deformities=no Letters that are illegible or difficult to interpret are replaced by ?. Passenger Notes: 1 has been to San Francisco 15 years ago. 2 passage was paid by 1st class passenger M. Mommey. In the Under Contract to Labor column it says "employed by passenger."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1410, Reel 1, Vol 3, Page 150.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild22 July 2001
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