Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship E. W. Stetson

I, Geo Moore, Master of the Ship E W Stetson, 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 at London, from which Port the said Ship 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) G Moore.

Sworn to this Twentieth March 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C?????y, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship E.W. Stetson whereof Moore is Master, from London, burthen 1104 tons.

Columns represent: surname and given name, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants and part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in this transcription.

  
1  Henry D. Mullins    32  M  Blacksmith       U.S.A.       U.S.A.   Deckhouse
2  Ann Mullins         28  F                   Gt Britain   U.S.A.   Deckhouse
3  John Williams       30  M  Brass Finisher   Gt Britain   U.S.A.   Deckhouse
4  Cha^s Parry         19  M  Clerk            Gt Britain   U.S.A.   Deckhouse
5  Frederick Wilton    21  M  None             Gt Britain   U.S.A.   Deckhouse
6  John Mack           32  M  Fitter           Gt Britain   U.S.A.   Deckhouse
7* Jacob Ke?th         34  M  Farmer           Germany      U.S.A.   Deckhouse 

   
Transcriber's Notes:

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

A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is
superscripted.

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

7  Third letter of surname is not clearly formed and cannot be deciphered with
   certainty.  The letter is possibly "i". "r", "s", resulting in surname 
   possibly being "Keith", "Kerth" or "Kesth". 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 196.

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