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SS Queen
I, James Carroll, Master of the Steamship Queen 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 Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they 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) Jas Carroll
Sworn to this 20 day of Nov 1893, before me, Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Queen whereof Jas Carroll is Master, from Pt Townsend, burthen 1670 tons
CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Collector's Office Nov 20, 1893 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS Queen from U.S. ports of this District One, from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total One
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. 20 Nov 1893. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature)Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs
Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 23 day of Nov 1893 (signature) N S Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
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 Ah Chu, 36 yr, Steward, Port Townsend, 5' 4¼", Yellow, Dark, scar on back of head Transcriber's Notes: The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list. The next three paragraphs are two separate stamps placed on the body of the page and then completed. 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 two stamps. I certify that I have landed the within named chinese(sic) persons (signature) WW Presbury Inspector Presbury on identification by _____ (uncompleted blank) land the within named chinese(sic) persons in accordance with foregoing order (signature) JJ Tobin Nov 23 The following columns had no entries: No of Certificate If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2, Manifest 9410-3.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 July 2002
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