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SS City of Puebla
I, G. Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Seattle from which port said vessel has now arrived, and have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) G. Debney
Sworn to this 30th day of June 1893, before me,_________, (blank) Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G. Debney is Master, from ______, (blank) burthen 1713 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.
1 Lee Lung 48 Laundryman Seattle 5' 5½" Small scar front of rt ear scar on left upper lip
2 Lee Yip 27 Laundryman Seattle 5' 6" Scar on back of neck 2 scars on rt temple,
scar on left ear
Transcriber's Notes:
The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.
However, There appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. These numbers are
included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.
The cover sheet for this list has a hand written note and two stamps. The note is:
Respectfully referred to Collector for a ruling to the rights of the within named Chinese
persons to land (signature) S.J. Ruddell, Dep Surveyor
Allow landing under Dept telegram of Mar 21, 1888 (signature) E.B. Jinme Dep Coll.
The stamps are:
I certify that I have landed the within named chinese(sic) persons (signature) WW Presbury
July 6, 1893
Inspector Presbury on identification by _____ (uncompleted blank) land the within named
chinese(sic) persons in accordance with foregoing order (signature) Paris Kilburn July 1, 1893
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in
the table:
No of Certificate=no entries
Complexion=DK
Color of Eyes=DK
If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries
The heights of both passengers are recorded as "in shoes."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 3, Manifest 9396-2.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 February 2002
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