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I, G. Debney, Master of the Steamship _____ 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 ______ 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 5th day of July 1895, before me, (signature) _____, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship _____ whereof G. Debney is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1713 tons
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 44815 Chin Don Long 42 Laborer Seattle 5'7½" Dark Brown small dark mole on left temple
2 44026 Chin Jung 40 Laundryman Seattle 5'5½" Dark Brown Dark scar 2" above right eye
3 54595 Lee Chung 24 Laborer Portland 5'? Dark Dk Small scar on right cheek
4 54989 Lou On 37 Laundryman Seattle 5' Dark Dk small white pock marks near
left nostril
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 cover sheet for this list has two hand written notes.
July 5 1895 Land the within named Chinese on identification and production of registration
certificate
(signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector
July 5, 1895
I certify that I have this day landed the within named Chinese holding Laborers Certificate
numbers 44845, 44026, 54595 and 54989 District of Oregon
The rest of the note is cut off the film, including two illegible words and, probably, the
signature.
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 9477-2
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 January 2004
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