Immigrant Ships
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Ship Rattler

I, Costanzo di Costanzo, Master of the Ital Ship Rattler, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly sware 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 Palermo, 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) Costanzo di Costanzo.

Sworn to this March 21 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C?????y, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ital Ship Rattler whereof Costanzo di Costanzo is Master, from Palermo, burthen 587 tons.

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

 
1  Rosario Muttari      40   Female    Wife       Italy    U.S.   Steerage
2  Rosario Muttari      50   Male      Barber     Italy    U.S.   Steerage
3  Alphonze Muttari     25   Female    Daughter   Italy    U.S.   Steerage
4  Thomas Costa         24   Male      Barber     Italy    U.S.   Steerage
5  Costanza Costa       22   Female    Wife       Italy    U.S.   Steerage
6  Salvatore Olivera    21   Male      Barber     Italy    U.S.   Steerage
7  Guiseppe Castagna    20   Male      Farmer     Italy    U.S.   Steerage
8* Domenico Srepo       14   Male      Barber     Italy    U.S.   Steerage

                                         (Signature)   Costanzo di Costanzo

Transcriber's Notes:

A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
definitely.

An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of
the manifest or something in the Transcriber Notes to which the reader should
refer.

8  Surname is obscurred by an ink blot, but name clearly begins with "S" and 
   ends with "po" and in between might possibly be "re" or "oe".  Surname is
   possibly "Srepo", "Sopo" or "Soepo".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 203.

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