Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Puebla

I, G Debney, Master of the Steamship 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 3rd day of Jan 1895, before me, (signature)?.?. House, 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

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 7th day of Jany 1895 (signature) NS Farley, 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* 45861  Sam Fook  42   fisherman   Port Gamble   5'11"   Dk   Brown   Scar on point of chin


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 is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
  Archives file system on Chinese persons.  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 next 
 paragraph is a stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The cover sheet for this list has two hand written notes:  
 Puebla, Seattle, Jan 6-95, If Chinese mentioned herein is possessed of registration certificate
  and can be identified therewith and also identified with description in this passenger list 
  land. (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector 
 I certify that I have this 7th day of January, 1895,landed the described Chinese passenger 
  (remainder cut off the film) 

If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts had no entries.

According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they have
 some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.

1  There is a note written under his name "Int. Rev. Certif 45861, Dist Oregon.  

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