Immigrant Ships
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Bark Sarah

I, C. H. Stevens Master of the American Bark Sarah 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 the passengers taken on board of the said Bark Sarah at Savanilla 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) C H Stevens.
Sworn to this Sept 14, 1857
Before me Goss??? DC

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Sarah whereof C H Stevens is Master, from Savanilla, burthen 260 46/95 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age (Years/Months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on Voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

    
1  Gustavus Fraccenstein     25  6  Male    Farmer    Texas           U. States  Cabin
2  Edward McKeown and child  30  2  Male    Engineer  New York        U. States  Cabin
3* Missis William Smith      22  1  Female  Lady      Conect.         U. States  Cabin
4  Mrs. Margar. Hamburger    24  3  Female  Lady      N York          U. States  Cabin
5* ?ptn's Wife and child     23  3  Female  Lady      Mass.           U. States  Cabin
6  ?dg. H?. Allen            18  2  Male    Seeman    Charlest. Mass. U. States  Forward
7  John Stevens              39  4  Male    Seeman    Marylnd         U. States  Forward
    

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 use of a ?  indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to
  quality of the original document.
No one died on the voyage so that column was omitted.
Passenger numbers not on original manifest and added by transcriber.
The word Seaman is written as Seeman on manifest.

Passenger Notes:
3  Unsure if this passenger is a Miss or Mrs.
5  First letter could be C to indicate Cptn's wife and child.
6  Cannot read first letter due to copy quality.  Could be C or E.  Cannot read
   second letter of first name due to copy quality.  City could be Charlestown,
   Mass.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 178, List 1104.

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