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Brig Bertha
I, W. F. Foord Master of the Brig Bertha do solemnly, sincerely, and truly, swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered 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 the said Brig Bertha at Cape Town CGH from which port said Brig Bertha has now arrived, and 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 in which each belong, 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 passenger who have died on said voyage, and the names, and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this Jany 11 1878 W F Foord So help me God. Before me ???
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Brig Bertha whereof W F Foord Master, from Cape Town burthen 178 tons.
Columns represent: Name, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1* C Hamburger 18 M Gent U State US Cabin 2 Miss Heneretta Hamburger 25 F Holland US Cabin Signed WF Ford Transcriber's Notes: 1 It is possible that this man is 78 instead of 18 2 The first name was written in as an after thought as it is written in a slant.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 28.
Transcribed by Bette Dew a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
4 July 2002
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