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Brig Iris
I Carl Leth do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Brig Iris whereof I am Master, from Porto Cabello So help me God. [signed:] Carl Leth
Sworn to, the 7th December 1827.
Before me ?????????? DC
List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Brig Iris whereof C Leth is Master, from Porto Cabello Burthen 164 Tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age [Years, Months], Sex, Occupation, The Country to which they severally belong, The Country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage. The Age column is empty; it has been omitted from this transcription.
1 Morgan Morgan Male Miner England
2 James Murray Male Miner England
3 Richard Bickle Male Miner England Richard Bickle
died on the passage
4* Thomas St??dele Male Miner England England
5 Michael Donythan Male Miner American
6 John Shiggutt Male Miner England England
7 Patrick ODonnell Male Miner American
[signed] Carl Leth
Transcriber's Notes:
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made in the original document
or a clarification by this transcriber.
The use of a caret "^" indicates the following letter has been
superscripted, indicating an abbreviation.
The signature attesting to the sworn statement is indecipherable; it is
followed by "DC" which may indicate the Deputy Collector of Customs
Passengers were numbered by the transcriber for ease of reference.
4 Surname may be Strondele, Stondele, or Strudele
National Archives and Records Administration, LDS FHL Film #0002256,
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828.
Brig Iris, Porto Cabello, December 7, 1827, #804
Transcribed by Carolyn "Cari McQuaid Thomas a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 September 2003Proofreading assistance by Diane Nelson
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