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Schooner British Queen

I, Joseph Johnson, Master of the British Queen do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collection 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 Schooner at Nassau from which port said Schooner 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.
Sworn to the April 24 1860 So help me God Joseph Johnson

List or Manifest of All the Passengers taken on board the Schooner British Queen whereof J. Johnson is Master, from Nassau burthen 90 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Ages, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants.

    
   
1* Rob^ Ross           30  m  Merchant   Gt. Britain    United States
2  Thomas Sweeting     25  m  Merchant   Gt. Britain    United States  

    
Transcriber's Notes: 
    
*  The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the
   original recorder; or a clarification by the transcriber.

?  The use of a ? indicates a letter that could not be read,
   due to the quality of the original document.

^  Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.

*  Collector of Customs: (in the sworn statement) Name is essentially undecipherable. 
   It may begin with an "M" and may end with the subscripted abbreviation: DC which 
   probably stands for Deputy Collector.

   Gt. for Great Britain in both lines

1  Rob^ for Robert   

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 200, List306.

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