Immigrant Ships
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SS State of Pennsylvania

The State Line Steam Ship Company, Limited

I, John Stewart, Master of the SS State of Pennsylvania 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 S S S/O Pennsylvania at Glasgow from which port said SS State of Pennsylvania 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. John Stewart

Sworn to this 14 Feb 1878 before me R????????

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS State of Pennsylvania whereof John Stewart is Master, from Glasgow and Larne, burthen 1592 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age (Years/Months), Sex, Occupation, the Country to which they Severally Belong, the Country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage*, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

1* Al? M Campbell    24y 6m  M Draper    Scotland United States of America  Steerage
2* Marius G Winslow  44y ?m  M Carpenter Denmark  United States of America  Steerage
3* Charles Gu?ling   39      M Grocer    Austria  United States of America  Steerage
4* R Holm?uist       30y 4m  M Engineer  Austria  United States of America  Steerage
5* Henrich Nau?esser 26      M Grocer    Germany  United States of America  Steerage
6  Mary Ellis        24      F None      Scotland United States of America  Cabin
7  Angus M Porter    40      M Doctor    England  United States of America  Cabin
8* Robert R?tcliff   35      M Merchant  WZA      United States of America  Cabin

5 Steerage
3 Cabin
Total 8 passengers


Transcriber's Notes: 

Use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder, or a note by 
the transcriber.
Use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to quality of original 
document.
Died on Voyage column has no entries, so it has been eliminated.


1  Alx or Aly for first name.
2  Age in months is written over, clear circle at bottom, so must be 6 or 8. 
3  Surname Gupling or Gufling, ink is thick.  
4  Surname Holmquist or Holmguist.
5  Surname possibly Naufesser, Naufesses, Naugesser or Naugesses, ink is thick.
8  Surname Ratcliff or Retcliff.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 133.

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