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 18 day of May 1895, before me, (signature) HG Barnthrop, 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
May 18

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Sir:--I certify that the S.S. City of Puebla sailed this day for San Francisco, via Victoria with Chinese passengers as follows:--__
Chinese destined for San Francisco __
Moy Yan, Lee Hing Foo, Lee Yack, Jan Lee
(signature) EG Barnthrop Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 21 day of May 1895 (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  54650 Lee Hing Foo 25 Laborer  Port Townsend 5'3"  Light  Brown Black mole on middle of front of neck
2  3453  Jan Lee      37 Mcht     Seattle       5'5¾" Medium Dk    Scar over right temple, several scars under chin
3  55609 Moy Yen      45 Laborer  Port Townsend 5'1¾" Light  Brown Little finger of the right hand crooked
4  49762 Lee Yeck     28 Laborer  Port Townsend 5'7"  Light  Brown Scar on forehead near edge of the hair


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 and its heading is a piece of paper attached to the page.
 The following paragraph is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and
 then completed.

The cover sheet for this list has two hand written notes.  
 Inspector: Land the within named Chinese on identification and production of
  Registration Certificate.
  (signature) JJ Tobin,Deputy Collector 
 May 21, 1895 
  I have this day landed the within named Chinese person as per instructions
   above. 
  (signature) John Lynch, Chinese Inspector 

The following column had no entries:
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

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.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 1 Vol 34&35, Manifest 9472-4.

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