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Ship Brewster

Punta Arenas, Chile to New York
14 September 1854

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Ansel Weeks do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passenges, 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 Ship Brewster whereof I am Master, from Punta Arenas.                                                                           So help me God.
                                                                                                                                                                                     (signed) A. Weeks
Sworn to this 14 Sept 1854
Before me (signed)______________
List of Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Brewster whereof A Weeks, is master, from Punta Arenas burthen two hundred and fifteen tons.
Columns represent: name, age (years, months), sex, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.
  1  Miss Louise Decker    28 yrs 4 mo.   Female    Prussia    United States
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 145, List 1232.
Transcribed by Meg Sibbernsen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 March 2005


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