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Ship Arctic

I, Theodore Zenga Master of the Ship Arctic 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 ship at Liverpool from which port 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.
(Signed) Theodore Zenga

Sworn to this 24 June 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Arctic whereof Theordore Zenga is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1115 35/95 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 and Died on the Voyage. The destination for all passengers was United States, no deaths were recorded on the voyage, and the Space Occupied for all passengers was "Poop"; these columns have been omitted from this transcription.

  1* William James      42y  3m  male    Engineer      Britain 
  2  Rachel James       41y  5m  female                Britain
  3  Mary L James       17y  6m  female                Britain
  4  Benjamin James     13y  2m  male                  Britain
  5  Eliza James         7y  9m  female                Britain
  6  Thomas James        6y  4m  male                  Britain
  7* Wynf??d  James      4y  0m  female                Britain
  8  William James       2y  7m  male                  Britain
  9  Eleazor James      Inft 7m  male    Family        Britain
 10  William Moody      26y  9m  male    Collier       Britain
 11  Elisabeth Moody    26y  3m  female  wife          Britain
 12  Joseph Grafton     22y  5m  male    Collier       Britain
 13  Henry Sabritzky    30y  6m  male    Blacksmith    German
 14* James Pattison     25y  ?m  male    Butcher       Gt. Britain
 15  William Harris     28y  4m  male    Carpenter     Gt. Britain
 16  Mary Harris        24y  2m  female  wife          Gt. Britain
 17  Thomas Lockett     26y  7m  male    Chandler      Gt. Britain
 18* Caroline Lockett   28y  4m  female  ???           Gt. Britain
 19  Ann Lockett        Inft 7m  female  Family        Gt. Britain
 20  Louisa Adams       16y  7m  female  Servant       Gt. Britain
 21  Eliza Adams        15y  2m  female  Servant       Gt. Britain
 22  George Spence      28y  6m  male    Coal Miner    Gt. Britain
 23* William Taylor     28y  4m  male    Dress fou??er Gt. Britain
 24* James Whitehead    24y  3m  male    ???der        Gt. Britain
 25* Eliza Jackson      43y  5m  female  wife          Gt. Britain
 26  Joseph Jackson     17y  4m  male                  Gt. Britain
 27  Henry Jackson      15y  3m  male    with          Gt. Britain
 28  Jane Jackson       10y  2m  female                Gt. Britain
 29  Elisabeth Jackson   8y  3m  female  children      Gt. Britain
 30  Jessie Jackson      7y  9m  female                Gt. Britain
 31* Margaret Jackson    6y  6m  female  going to      Gt. Britain
 32  Susan Jackson       3y  9m  female                Gt. Britain
 33  Mary Jackson       Inft 8m  female  Husband       Gt. Britain
 34  Eliza Browning     40y  5m  female  Nurse         Gt. Britain
 35* Joshua To?le       28y  4m  male    Joiner        Gt. Britain
 36* Eliza To?le         9y 10m  female                Gt. Britain
 37* Eliza To?le         4y  3m  female                Gt. Britain
 38* Selina To?le        2y  9m  female                Gt. Britain
 39* Clara To?le        Inft 7m  female  Family        Gt. Britain
 40* Lucy M?rchell      23y  4m  female  Servant       Gt. Britain
 41  Jaques Sardrich    30y  7m  male    Baker         France
 42  Angelique Sardrich 25y  3m  female  Nurse         France
 43  Madeline Leslie    30y  4m  female  Dressmaker    France
 44  Henry Ross         22y  5m  male    Draper        Gt. Britain
 45  Ely Hall           21y  ?m  male    Baker         Gt. Britain
 46* Rodman Man?ell     28y  3m  male    Baker         Gt. Britain
 47  William Hall       18y  3m  male    Farmer        Gt. Britain
 48  Nora Whelan        18y 11m  female  Dressmaker    Gt. Britain
 49  Frederic Miller    25y  3m  male    Baker         Germany

Notation at end of manifest:          (signed) Theodore Zenga Master


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 transcription preserves the original spelling.

The handwriting of this manifest was very poor. Extra research should be undertaken to confirm 
findings.

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

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

The manifest scribe used long vertical lines to probably indicate continuation of the last 
written word(s). These lines have been replaced with the actual word/words indicated.

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

 1-12  The country of origin may have a very faded "Gt." before the word Britain.
 7  5th and 6th letters of first name illegible.
14  Age (months) not clear, could be 1m or 7m.
18  Occupation illegible, could be a ditto mark.
23  Occupation not clear, could be Dress founder.
24  Occupation not clear, could be Sander.
25-29  Occupations read together reads "wife with children".
31-33  Occupations read together reads "going to Husband".
35-39  3rd/4th letters of surname not clear, could be Torole or Towle.
40  2nd letter of surname not clear, could be Marchell or Morchell.
46  4th letter of surname not clear, could be Manbell or Mandell.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 185, List 529.

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