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Schooner Septre


Belize, Honduras to New York
23 December 1863

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I,Elias E Pitts , Master of the Br Schooner Septre 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 Schr at Belize, from which port said Schr has now arrived; and that 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 to which each belongs, 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 passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.

So help me God, Elias Eayles Pitts
Sworn to, the 23 Dec 1863.
Before Me (signature unreadable)
JAH (initials Handwritten, and both signatures above are written.)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Schooner Septre Whereof Elias E Pitts is master, from Belize. Burthen 113
Columns represent; Passengers number, Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
    
1* Pheidore Delters      Male   Engineer   United States   United States   Cabin
    

Transcriber's Notes: 
    
The use of the question mark(?) indicates the film was too light to read.
The use of an asterisk(*) indicateds an omission or error made by the original recorder
The use of the caret(^) indicates the subsequent letter was raised.

1  The age for this passenger was omitted by the original recorder.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 4236, List 1247.
Transcribed and Donated by Judy Bivens a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 June 2002



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