Immigrant Ships
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SS Philadelphia

I, Warren M. Hopkins, Master of the Steamship Philadelphia 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 the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at LaGuayra, Puerto Cabello and Caracas from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, calling, country of citizenship, native country, intended destination or location, number of pieces of baggage, location of compartment or space occupied, and date and cause of death of passengers, as required by the Passenger Act of 1882; also a true statement so far as it can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So help me God. (signed) W. M. Hopkins.

Sworn to this Nov 14th 1888, before me (signed) Thos J Dunn, Deputy Collector.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S. S. Philadelphia whereof W. M. Hopkins is Master, from LaGuayra & Ct burthen 1493 tons.

Columns represent*: passenger name, age in years, age in months, sex, calling, country of citizenship, native country, pieces of baggage, compartment location, resident intention.

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From LaGuayra
 1  John T. Abbott     38 4 Male Lawyer          U.S.       U.S.       6  Saloon Aft           Permanent
 2  Nathaniel Graham   42 3 Male Engineer        U.S.       U.S.       2  Saloon Aft           Permanent
 3  DePless Pol        23 7 Male Cable Operator  France     Polland    3  Saloon Aft           In Transit
 4  Juan B. Hernandez  53 2 Male Merchant        Venezuela  Venezuela  2  Saloon Aft           Visitor
 5  Pedro V. Mijares   30 5 Male Merchant        Venezuela  Venezuela  2  Saloon Aft           Visitor
 6  Carlos H. Mijares  27 8 Male Doctor          Venezuela  Venezuela  2  Saloon Aft           Visitor
 7  George Nelson      51 6 Male Captain         England    Sweden     5  2nd Cabin Amidships  In Transit
 8  Charles Howard     32 9 Male Cook            England    England    2  2nd Cabin Amidships  In Transit
 9  Melvin Drew        41 2 Male Photographer    U.S.       U.S.       3  2nd Cabin Amidships  Permanent
10  Frank Coe          23 9 Male Photographer    U.S.       U.S.       4  2nd Cabin Amidships  Permanent
11  Charles McClug     28 7 Male Photographer    U.S.       U.S.       5  2nd Cabin Amidships  Permanent
12  Cesar Zunieta      25 4 Male Clerk           Venezuela  Venezuela  5  2nd Cabin Amidships  Permanent

From Curacas
13  George B. Lockhart 49 3 Male Merchant        U.S.       U.S.       2  Saloon Aft           Permanent
14  Pedro Cristoffel   18 7 Male Student         Columbia   Columbia   5  Saloon Aft           Visitor
15  Philip Harvey      34 2 Male Miner           England    England    5  2nd Cabin Amidships  In Transit
16  William Balkwell   38 5 Male Miner           England    England    3  2nd Cabin Amidships  In Transit

(signed) W. M. Hopkins


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
   the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
   in the transcriber's notes.

*  LaGuayra, Venezuela; Puerto Cabello, Venezuela; Curacas or Caracas, Venezuela
   are probable departure points, there is no country listed on the manifest.

*  The destination of each passenger is New York; that column has been
   eliminated.  There were no deaths on this voyage; that column has been
   eliminated.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 527, List 1536.

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