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Brig Gipsy
I, James S. Fries, Master of the Danish Brig "Gipsy", 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 Brig at Tenneriffe*, Canary Islands from which port said [blank] has now arrived, and that, on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passenger 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 of Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this Jany 23rd 1878 Jas. S. Fries So help me God
Before me [illegible] Dy Collector
List or Manifest OF ALL THE Passengers taken on board the Danish Brig "Gipsy" whereof James S. Fries is Master, from Teneriffe* burthen 137 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 the voyage (blank), Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage
1 Albert C. Brown 43y 2m M Sea Captain United States United States Cabin 2 Frances T. Freeman 44y 4m M Mate United States United States Cabin 3 Edward Smith 26y 7m M Steward United States United States Steerage Transcriber's Notes: * The various spellings for the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands are as they were recorded on the manifest.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 67.
Transcribed by Sara Reed a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 June 2002
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