Immigrant Ships
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Ship Manchester

I William Lee Jr do solemnly, sincerely and truly Affirm 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 Ship Manchester whereof I am Master, from Liverpool So help me God. [signed:] W^m Lee Jr

Affirmed to, the 8 Dec^r 1827 Before me ?????????? DC

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Ship Manchester whereof ???????? Lee is Master, from Liverpool Burthen 561 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 columns "(Age) Months" and "Died on the Voyage" have no entries, and are omitted here.

    
1  Mrs Davis             25   Female  none       England          England
2  Mr And^w Low          40   Male    Merchant   England          England
3  Mr Joseph Burlingham  38   Male    Merchant   England          England
4  Mr J. Wotherspoon     25   Male    Merchant   England          England
5  Mr T. S. McEwen       35   Male    Merchant   England          England
6* Mr Ja^s Grim?ha?      30   Male    Merchant   England          England
7* Mr W^m Boo?           25   Male    Merchant   United States    United States
8* Mr John Cou?ier       24   Male    Merchant   United States    United States



[signed] W^m Lee Jr
    
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 ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to
the quality of the original document.
The use of a caret ^ indicates the following letter has been superscripted
and/or indicates possible 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.

Captain: The third instance of the captain's given name on this list is
indecipherable; it is smeared, a possible erasure.

6  The family name probably Grimshaw, but may be Grimchaid or Grimshaig
7  The family name may be Boot, Boob or Book
8  The family name is probably Courier but may be Cousier

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.
Ship Manchester, Liverpool, December 8, 1827, #815

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