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MSS Baltic
Liverpool, England to New York
12 January 1855
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Jos J Comstock do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that
the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name and
now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York,
contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of
all the Passengers received on board the M.S.S. Baltic whereof I am Master,
from Liverpool to New York.
So help me God. Jos J. Comstock.
List or manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Baltic
whereof Jos J Comstock is Master, from Liverpool to NY, burthen 2723 8/95 tons.
Columns represent: Number of Passenger [indicated on manifest] Name,
Age, Sex, Occupation, the Country to which they severally belong, the country to which
they intend to become inhabitants, died on voyage (none noted).
1 Mr Joseph Hughes 30 Male Merchant England England
2 Mr Jd. A. H. Bell 35 Male Merchant United States United States
3 Mr W^m Cheeks 36 Male Merchant United States United States
4 Mr Peter P. Gaskell 40 Male Merchant United States United States
5 Mrs Louisa Gaskell 33 Female United States United States
6 Mr Elliot C. Condin 35 Male Merchant United States United States
7 Mr Jos Honingsberger 32 Male Merchant United States United States
8 Mr Alex: Rumsey 40 Male Merchant England United States
9 Mrs Rebecca Smith 30 Female United States United States
10 Mrs Ann Williams 25 Female United States United States
11 Joseph Williams 4 Male United States United States
12 William Williams 2y6m Male United States United States
13 Jane Welsh 20 Female Ireland United States
14 Mr Nath^l Burt 40 Male Merchant United States United States
15 Mrs. Jeanne Burt 30 Female United States United States
16 Arthur Burt 3 Male United States United States
17 Horace Burt 2 Male United States United States
18 Eliza Price 30 Female Servant United States United States
19 Sigismund Hamel 30 Male Merchant United States United States
20* E K Albertis 33 Male Merchant United States United States
21* Henry Laforncado 27 Male Merchant United States United States
22 Martin Goldstein 35 Male Merchant United States United States
23* St George Tucker 26 Male Proficator United States United States
24 Edmund Wiede 30 Male Merchant United States United States
25 George Jones 40 Male Merchant United States United States
26 Sam^l Johnson, Jr 33 Male Merchant United States United States
27 S H Hudson 29 Male Mariner United States United States
28 W^m H Philip 25 Male Merchant United States United States
29 C B Haddock 50 Male Lawyer United States United States
30 Mrs Haddock 40 Female United States United States
31 Mr E H Kimball 55 Male Lawyer United States United States
32 Miss Kimball 18 Female United States United States
33 Mr J D Perkins 31 Male Merchant United States United States
34 Mr F Friedman 34 Male Merchant United States United States
35 Mr E N Dickerson 38 Male Lawyer United States United States
36 Mrs Dickerson 31 Female United States United States
37* Samuel Colt 39 Male Manufacturer United States United States
38 Chas A Fletcher 38 Male Mariner United States United States
39 Thos Stephenson 12 Male England United States
40 Thos N Dale 40 Male Merchant United States United States
41 Robert S Young 21 Male None United States United States
42 Henry Eads 41 Male Engineer United States United States
43 Mrs Hosley 56 Female United States United States
44 Mrs Fosdick 36 Female United States United States
45 Frederich Fosdick 8 Male United States United States
46 William Fosdick 6 Male United States United States
47* Matthew C. Perry 60 Male U. S. Navy United States United States
48 Edward Wegamid 34 Male Servant United States United States
49 C S Smith 27 Male Merchant United States United States
50 C F Waldo 35 Male Merchant United States United States
51* Silas Bent 34 Male U. S. Navy United States United States
52 H A Garrett 41 Male Merchant United States United States
53* John Sison 58 Male None United States United States
54 Charles Ronniger 34 Male Physician Germany United States
55 Frederika Ronniger 30 Female Germany United States
56 Heyant Galauf 41 Male Merchant France United States
57 Otto Kieffer 16 Male Merchant Germany United States
58 Edmund Tabel 14 Male Merchant Germany United States
59 James Baxter 30 Male Agent England England
60 Samuel Israel 35 Male Merchant United States United States
61 John Barker 50 Male Farmer Canada Canada
62 James Barker 46 Male Farmer Canada Canada
63 Elizabeth Taylor 25 Female United States United States
64 Elizabeth Blanford 22 Female United States United States
65 James Dixon 26 Male Mariner United States United States
66 Frederick Kiehn 25 Male Merchant Germany United States
67 Arnault Kiehn 38 Male Merchant Germany United States
68 August Coster 28 Male Merchant Holland Holland
69 Edmund Winstanley 40 Male Mariner England England
70 Authy B Faessler 28 Male Merchant Switzerland United States
71 Louis Siebert 33 Male Merchant Germany United States
72 George Lake 46 Male None England England
73 George Goodhind 41 Male Agent England England
74 James Douglas 28 Male Engineer Scotland United States
75 George Brophy 47 Male Farmer Ireland United States
76 Robert Brophy 60 Male Farmer Ireland United States
77 George Williams 26 Male Shipwright England United States
78 Amelia Williams 21 Female England United States
79 Christian G Leopold 34 Male Waiter Germany United States
80 Caterina Leopold 27 Female Germany United States
81* Fred^? W Delisle 27 Male Merchant Germany United States
82 Mary Ridley 22 Female England United States
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.
The recorder of the manifest often abbreviates given names by writing the first
few letters of the name, then skipping letters and then writing the final letter
as superscripted or does a simple abbreviation. In the case of superscipts,
the transcriber uses the symbol (^) to indicate that the following letter is
superscripted, i.e., Tho^s for Thomas, Sam^l for Samuel, W^m for William, etc.
Simple abbreviations are transcribed as recorded.
20 Could be Albrutis.
21 Could be Harry Lafomcado.
23 Occupation could be interpreted Prossicater.
37 While it is not yet proven that this is Samuel Colt, inventor of the Colt revolver,
the age is correct. He built his Colt factory in Connecticut. To learn more about
Samuel Colt you may visit this Web site: Samuel Colt.
47 Commodore Matthew C. Perry - His biography is too long and distinguished to include
here but the Navy Department Library has an interesting article on him and the opening
of Japan. See Matthew Perry
51 Silas Bent born on 10 October 1820 in St. Louis, Mo., was appointed midshipman at
age 16 and served in the Navy for the next 25 years, during which he became well
versed in the science of oceanography. He crossed the Atlantic five times,
the Pacific twice, rounded Cape Horn four times and the Cape of Good Hope once.
He was serving in "Preble" in 1849 when that brig sailed into Nagasaki, Japan,
to secure the release of 18 shipwrecked American sailors imprisoned by the Japanese.
He was flag lieutenant in "Mississippi", Commodore Perry's flagship during the
expedition to Japan between 1852 and 1854, and he made hydrographic surveys of
Japanese waters. An oceanographic survey ship, was named after him and launched
on 16 May 1964.
53 Could be Suson or Suron.
81 Cannot read the letter of the superscript.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 150, List 33.
Transcribed by Carole Gregory
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
January 2005
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