Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship N. B. Palmer

I, Joseph Steele Jr, Master of the N.B. Palmer, 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 Amoy, China, 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) Joseph Steele Jr.

Sworn to this March 6th 1868,
Before me. (Signature) N Sza?????, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship N.B. Palmer whereof (blank) is Master, from Amoy, burthen (blank) 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 P. Morrison       38    M    Merchant    N.Y.     U.S.    Cabin
 2  E.R. Barnes           42    M    Merchant    N.Y.     U.S.    Cabin
 3  A.A. Graeselli        24    M    Merchant    Ohio     U.S.    Cabin
 4  H.Y. Steele           23    M    Merchant    U.S.     U.S.    Cabin
 5  Low Sing              39    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
 6  Low Low               26    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
 7* Eip Une               40    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
 8* Low Chan Fok          22    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
 9* Low Chum Son          23    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
10  Low Sing              21    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
11* Laon Low              19    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
12* Loan Chu              26    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
13* Chune                 31    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
14  Chun Mun              33    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
15* Yi Jun                30    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
16  Le Lin                18    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
17  Yi Pacht              38    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
18  Le Fok                22    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
19* Tippo                 22    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
20* Lip Sing Hoy          26    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
21  Chew Sing             30    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
22  Low Fok               35    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
23* Eip Fok               35    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage
24  Tai Fok               25    M    Farmer      China    U.S.    Steerage

  
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.

  The transcriber numbered the passengers consecutively even though the
  recorder of the manifest did not number the passengers.
   
 7  First name is either "Eip" or "Eif".
 8  Middle name is possibly "Chan", "Chum" or "Chun".
 9  Middle name appears to be either "Chun", "Chum" or "Chunn".
11  Although written as "Laon", first name might possibly be "Loan".
12  Although written as "Loan", first name might possibly be "Laon".
13  Only the single name "Chune" is recorded.  It might be the surname, or it might 
    be the first name and the surname is meant to be the same as the passenger above,
    "Chu".
15  Surname appears to be either "Jun" or "Jin".
19  Only the single name, either "Tippo" or "Tiffo", is recorded.  It might be the 
    surname, or it might be the first name and the surname is meant to be the same as 
    the passenger above, "Fok".
20  First name is either "Lip" or "Lif".
23  First name is either "Eip" or "Eif".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 291, List 157.

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