Immigrant Ships
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Brig Volta

I, Gilbert Warner do solmnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the Report or Manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Philadelphia, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the passengers which were on board the Brig Volta at the time of her sailing from the Port of Maracaibo or which have been taken on board at any time since; that I am at present and have been during the voyage the master of the said vessel. And I do likewise swear that all matters whatsoever in the said Report or Manifest, are to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD. (No signed by Master.)

Sworn before me, this 6th day of July 1836.
(Not signed), Collector.

REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Volta whereof Gilbert Warner is Master, from Maracaibo burden of 126 Tons ( ) and owned by P. Bousquet of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia.

Columns represent: Passenger number, name, age, sex, occupation*, country to which each belongs, Country intending inhabitation.

1  P.Dondelly      40  Male  Mech  New York
2  A.Bastiano      33  Male  Mech  Maracaibo   US
3  L.Herranos      18  Male  Mech  Maracaibo   US
4  Thomas Harris   32  Male  Mech  England


*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
   the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
   in the transcriber's notes.

*  The occupation for all passengers was listed as Mech which could be an
   abbreviation for Mechanic.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 51
Record of passenger arrivals at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 1, 1836 to December 29, 1836.

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