Immigrant Ships
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Ship American Congress

I, J.B. Jordan, Master of the Ship "American Congress", 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 the said Ship American Congress at London, England, from which Port the said Ship American Congress 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. (Signature) J.B. Jordan.
Sworn to this 21st Feb'y 1868, Before me. (Signature) W ?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship American Congress whereof J.B. Jordan is Master, from London, England, burthen 910 and 47/100 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since all the passengers intend to become inhabitants of the "United States", and no one died during the voyage, these two columns are omitted in this transcription.

  1* Frederick Scrudale     24   Male     Clerk        Great Britain    Second Cabin
  2  Robert Aldis           41   Male     Farmer       Great Britain    Steerage
  3  Mary Aldis             40   Female   Wife         Great Britain    Steerage
  4  James Aldis            21   Male     Laborer      Great Britain    Steerage
  5  Charles Aldis          20   Male     Laborer      Great Britain    Steerage
  6  Robert Aldis           19   Male     Laborer      Great Britain    Steerage
  7  William Aldis          18   Male     Laborer      Great Britain    Steerage
  8  Frederick Aldis         7   Male     Son          Great Britain    Steerage
  9  Elizabeth Aldis        15   Female   Spinster     Great Britain    Steerage
 10  John Aldis              1   Male     Infant       Great Britain    Steerage
 11  Thomas Hunt            21   Male     Brazier      United States    Second Cabin
 12  John Ritchell          27   Male     Grocer       Great Britain    Second Cabin
 13  Charles Palethorp      21   Male     Clerk        United States    Second Cabin
 14  James Marr             59   Male     Laborer      Great Britain    Steerage
 15  Thomas Marr            16   Male     Laborer      Great Britain    Steerage
 16  Archibald Anderson     21   Male     Clerk        Great Britain    Second Cabin
 17* Irsel Lichstein        25   Male     Glazier      Prussia          Steerage
 18  Anna Lichstein         24   Female   Wife         Prussia          Steerage
 19  Abraham Lichstein       1   Male     Infant       Prussia          Steerage
 20  Sarah Griski           30   Female   Dressmaker   Prussia          Steerage
 21  Anna Griski             1   Female   Infant       Prussia          Steerage
 22  Hannah Griski           4   Female   Daughter     Prussia          Steerage
 23  Thomas Henderson       22   Male     Laborer      Great Britain    Second Cabin
 24* John Hagan             40   Male     Grocer       Great Britain    Second Cabin
 25  A. Rosenberg           17   Male     Machinist    Prussia          Steerage
 26  W.I. Bisinger          21   Male     Baker        Prussia          Steerage
 27  Charles Thornton       32   Male     Merchant     Great Britain    First Cabin
 28* Abraham Lichstein     Inft  Male     Infant       Born on Voyage   Steerage      

  
Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber Notes to which the reader should refer.


   1  Although surname appears to be written as either "Scrudale" or "Serudale", it 
      might be "Serndale".
  17  Given appears to be either "Irsch" or "Irsel".
  24  Surname is "Hogan" or "Hagan".
  28  In the column headed country in which they severally belong are the words
      "Born 17th February 1868", 3 days before the ship docked in New York City.
    

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 291, List 131.

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