Immigrant Ships
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Bark Talisman

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York
2 January 1877

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK

I, Henry Blackford, Master of the British Bk. Talisman 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 Bk. Talisman at Rio de Janeiro from which Port said * has now arrived; and that on the said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of the 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 have died. So help me, God. Henry Blackford, Master

Sworn to this 2 January 1877, before me (signature cannot be read).

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the British Bk. Talisman whereof H. Blackford is Master, from Rio de Janeiro burthen 382 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, and the accommodation.

1  Venancia Alday    27   M   Merchant   Spain   Spain   Cabin

                                       Henry Blackford
  

Transcriber's Notes:

There were no births or deaths on this passage.

The use of a * indicates an ommission, or an error made by the original 
recorder.

The name of the ship was omitted in the sworn statement, after the Port from
which it arrived.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 407.

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