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Ship Africa

I, Neil Shannon, Master of the Ship Africa 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???? (illegible) at LPool from which port said Ste??? (illegible) 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.
                                                                 (Signed) N Shannon

Sworn to this 11 Jany 1858
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Africa whereof Sha???n is Master, from Lpool burthen (omitted) tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and all passengers occupied Cabin A on this voyage, and these columns have been omitted.

  1* Jean Marcin       3?y  Male   Manufacturer Switzerland    U.S.
  2  Mary Lethbridge   30y  Female              England        U.S.
  3  Henry M. Riddele  23y  Male   Merchant     England        Havannah
  4* Emma Hilger       40y  Female              Prussia        U.S.
  5  Francis Bond      45y  Male   Merchant     France         Havannah
  6* Robert A Glinday  26y  Male   Merchant     England        U.S.
  7  George Brown      25y  Male   Merchant     England        U.S.
  8  John Thomason     45y  Male   Stationer    England        U.S.
  9  Henry Duncan      27y  Male   Banker       United States  U.S.
 10  Margret Duncan    26y  Female              United States  U.S.
 11  Jessie Duncan      2y  Female              United States  U.S.
 12  William H. Bean   29y  Male   Merchant     United States  U.S.
 13  Henry C. Cooper   38y  Male   Violinist    England        U.S.
 14* John Co?don       3?y  Male   Merchant     England        U.S.
 15* Edward Not        3?y  Male   Merchant     United States  U.S.
 16  Lewis Fenke       39y  Male   Merchant     United States  U.S.
 17* Man??? Picind     35y  Male   Merchant     France         U.S.
 18* James S?oters     50y  Male   Merchant     United States  U.S.
 19* Otto von H??n     26y  Male   Merchant     United States  U.S.
 20  James Benthwick   44y  Male   Stockbroker  England        U.S.
 21* George P. Foyfe   22y  Male   Merchant     United States  U.S.
 22  Edward Delafora   27y  Male   Merchant     France         U.S.
 23* William ?er???e   24y  Male   Merchant     England        U.S.
 24  James Elliots     31y  Male   Merchant     United States  U.S.
 25  Richard W. Nesbit 27y  Male   Merchant     United States  U.S.


Transcriber's Notes:

*  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 below.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality
   of the original document.

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

This manifest was difficult to read because of handwriting and bleeding of the ink 
into the paper. Further research should be completed to confirm findings.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
indicated.

The manifest did not include psgr #s; they have been added by the transcriber.

The manifest scribe used a Germanic letter resembling 'fs'; to aid in reading, 
these have been transcribed to ss.

"Cabin" was handwritten at the head of the right-most column (part of vessel 
occupied), "A" was handwritten in this column on the line for psgr #3.

 1  2nd number of Age smeared, illegible.
 4  Notation in far right column smeared and illegible, could be 'United States'.
 6  Notation in far right column smeared and illegible, could be 'New York'.
14  3rd letter of surname not clear, could be Cordon or Cosdon; 2nd number of age 
    not clear, could  be 30y or 38y.
15 2nd number of age not clear, could be 30y or 31y.
17 Ending of first name illegible.
18 2nd letter of surname not clear, could be Sloters or Stoters.
19 Next-to-last letters of surname not clear, could be von Hern or von Hein.
21 Surname could be a miswritten Foyle.
23 Most letters in surname not clear because of handwriting and ink bleeding, first
   letter obscured by lower extension of the letter 'y' in the surname above, could
   be Pernase.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 181, List 17.

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