Immigrant Ships
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SS Alabama

I, W^m Megill, Master of the Steamship Alabama, 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 the said Steamship Alabama at Vera Cruz and Sisal, from which Ports the said Steamship Alabama 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) W Megill.

Sworn to this 17th April 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W M C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship Alabama whereof Megill is Master, from New York, burthen One Thousand and fifty-one tons.

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

  1  H. M. Keith          29  Male    Merchant   U. States  U. States  Cabin
  2  A. Duluze            35  Male    Merchant   Mexico     Mexico     Cabin
  3  W. Davis             41  Male    Miner      U. States  U. States  2nd Cabin
  4  Mrs Davis            36  Female             U. States  U. States  2nd Cabin
  5  Miss Davis           12  Female             U. States  U. States  2nd Cabin
  6  W^m Beckeray         55  Male               England    England    2nd Cabin
  7* Lorenzo Bauerband    35  Male    Army       Prussia    U. States  2nd Cabin
  8* Christophe Dielting  43  Male    Carpenter  Prussia    U. States  Steerage
  9* Sophia Dielting      44  Female             Prussia    U. States  Steerage
 10* Fredericke Dielting  14  Female             Prussia    U. States  Steerage
 11* Carl Dielting        12  Male               Prussia    U. States  Steerage
 12* Wilhelm Dielting      6  Male               Prussia    U. States  Steerage


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's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.
 
  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.


  7     Surname is either "Bauerband" or "Bauerbaud".
  8-12  Surname is possibly "Dielting" or "Dieltrig".
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 305.

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