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Bark Jessie

I, Grant, Master of the Bark Jessie, 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 Bark at Buenos Ayres, from which Port the said Bk 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) B R Grant.

Sworn to this 2 April 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bk Jessie whereof Grant is Master, from Buenos Ayres, burthen 352 tons.

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

  1  W^m McGinnis     22    Male    Merchant    Canada    Canada    Cabin 
 

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.
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 248.

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