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Brig Volant

Matanzas, Cuba to New York
28 June 1862

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Siemon W Dodge Master of the 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 true list of the following passengers taken on board of the said Brig at Matanzas * from which port said Brig has now arrived, and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers and 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 passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this 28 June 1862 So Help Me God. Before me ????.
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Brig Volant whereof S W Dodge is Master from Matanzas * burthen 172 tons.
Columns represent: Names, Sex, Age*, Occupation, The 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 passenger on the voyage*. 
1  Hugh Toland              Male  Engineer  United States  United States 
2  Thomas D Connor          Male  Engineer  United States  United States  
3  Donald McInine           Male  Engineer  United States  United States  
4  Joseph Walk              Male  Engineer  United States  United States  
5  Annie Clark              Male  Engineer  United States  United States  
6  Michael Herley           Male  Engineer  United States  United States  


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.

*  There was no age given, nor part of the vessel occupied. There were no
   deaths.  Have eliminated these columns. 

*  The port of Matanzas is probably in Cuba.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 220, List 618.
Transcribed by Bette Dew a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 February 2001


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