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SS City of Puebla
I, G Debney Master of the City of Puebla 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) G Debney
Sworn to this 22 day of July 1894, before me, Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G Debney is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1713 tons
OFFICE of the COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS
PORT of PORT TOWNSEND, WASH
Chinese Passengers Str City of Puebla from Puget Sound Ports One (1) for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. July 22nd 1894 (signature) Chas Miller Dep Coll
Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 25 day of July 1894 (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion, Color of Eyes, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.
1 Ah Gow 35 yr Laborer Port Townsend 5'6" Dk Dk scar on side of hand Transcriber's Notes: * An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes. The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult. However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. In this portion of the film the numbers are not in exact order. These numbers are included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below. The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list. The third paragraph is a note apparently fastened to the page. The next paragraph is a stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed. The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult. However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. In this portion of the film the numbers are not in exact order. These numbers are included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below. The following columns had no entries: No of Certificate If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2 Vol 32&33, Manifest 9437-8.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 March 2003
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