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Ship City of Norfolk


Havana, Cuba to New York
16 April 1860

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Z A Tillan, Master of the S City of Norfolk, 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 of the said St? at Havana from which port said St?? 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. Z A Tilten
Sworn to this 16 April 1860. Before me White DC
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Sh City of Norfolk whereon Tilten is Master, from Havana, burthen 572 tons.
Columns represent: Name, age, sex, occupation, the country to which each belongs, the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the voyage.
1  Minigo Breto        25  male  Gentleman  Havana    U States  Cabin
2  Francisco Blanca    25  male  Gentleman  Havana    U States  Cabin
3  Juan Pastrana       24  male  Gentleman  Havana    U States  Cabin
4* ??an Yurua          26  male  Gentleman  Havana    U States  Cabin
5* Joseph U Springe?   25  male  Mechanic   U States  U States  Cabin


Transcriber's Notes:

* A * indicates an error on the part of the original record or is used to call your
  attention to additional information in the Transcriber or Passenger Notes.

* A ? indicates letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of the 
  original document, and is clarified in the Transcriber or passenger Notes.

* St?? in the opening manifest paragraph is probably Steamer.  There is an 'St' 
  followed by a few mid-level letters.

* No deaths were recorded so that field has been omitted.


 4  The first part of the first name is too dark to read or even guess at.
 5  The surname is either Springer or Springen.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 200, List 283.
Transcribed by Lynn Blazek a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 February 2004



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