Immigrant Ships
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Barkentine Huntress

I, John Gunn, Master of the Br. Bktin "Huntress", 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 the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at Nevis, W.I. from which Port the said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the calling of each of said passengers, and location of compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each; and that the said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on the said voyage, and the dates and causes of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a projected sojourn in this country. So help me God. (signed) John Gunn. Sworn to this 15th July 1884, before me. (signed) ?????????.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Br. Bk. "Huntress" whereof John Gunn is Master, from Nevis, W.I., burthen 227 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, calling, the country of which they are citizens, intended destination or location, location of compartment or space occupied and whether a transient, in transit or intending a protracted sojourn. The number of pieces of baggage is listed below the manifest in the Passenger Notes for formatting reasons. Since no one died during the voyage, that column was omitted in this transcription.

  
    1* William Thurstom   36  Male    Gent   Nevis-WI   U.S.  1st-Cabin   P.S.
    2* Mrs W'm Thurstom   37  Female  Gent   Nevis-WI   U.S.  1st-Cabin   P.S.
    3* Clarence Thurstom  10  Male    Child  Nevis-WI   U.S.  1st-Cabin   P.S.
    4* Helen Huggins      48  Female  Lady   Nevis-WI   U.S.  1st-Cabin   P.S.
                                            

    Transcriber's Note:
     
    The abreviations "Br" and "Bktin" before the name of the ship likely means that the
    ship was a Barkentine (or Barquentine) of British ownership or registry. 

    An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
    manifest or something that the reader should note.

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

    "P.S." entered in the column asking whether a transient, in transit or intending 
    a protracted sojourn likely means "Protracted Sojourn".


 1-3  Last letters of surname are not clearly formed.  Surname is possibly "Thurstom", 
      "Thurstorn" or "Thurston".  Family baggage listed included: 2-Boxes, 1-Jar, 1-Trunk, 
      1-Chair and 2-Beds.
 4    Baggage included: 2-Trunks, 1-Box and 1-Hand Bag.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 478, List 882.

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