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Brig Arabella

I, Horatio Day, Master of the Brig Arabella do solemnly, sincerely and truly (blank)* that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collections District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Brig Arabella, at Aspinwall, from which port said Brig Arabella 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 he 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. Horatio Day.

Sworn to this May 25, 1857, (illegible).

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Brig Arabella, whereof Horatio Day is Master, from Aspinwall burthen 299 and 10/98 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age in years and months, Sex, 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.

As no deaths occurred on this voyage, that column has been omitted. Extra information written under the passenger's name has been included as given.

    
1. Francis Tamborine  34y 5m  Male  Merchant Italy Italy Cabin Once before in New York 
   No baggage
                                        
(Signed)  Horatio Day
    
Transcriber's Notes:     
The use of a * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letter that could not be read, due to the quality 
  of the original document.

Aspinwall was the name given to Colon, Panama during the last half of the nineteenth 
century, from the building of the Panamanian Railway until the building of the
Panama Canal. Joseph Aspinwall was one of the founders of the railway.
Click here for firsthand accounts from that period.

In the sworn statement, the space usually filled in with the word "swear" was left blank.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 174, List 539.

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