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Schooner Castloff

I, B?? Buckingham, Master of the Schooner Castloff, 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 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 passenger, 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.
B?? Buckingham

Sworn to this 11th February 1861
Before Me ???????

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Schooner Castloff whereof B Buckingham is Master, from Nassau. Burthen 90 75/95 tons

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage. No deaths so that column has been eliminated. All passengers are from the United States, going to the United States and housed during the voyage in the Cabin area so those three columns have been eliminated.

1  Geo A Johnson 30 M Seaman
2* Geo W Chapman 45 M Capn
3  Hy Hall       17 M Seaman
4  Thos Wade     25 M Seaman
5  Mary Ann Wade 19 F
6  Thos Smith    18 M Seaman
7  Moses heymer  30 M Seaman 
8  Hy Gardener   22 M Seaman


Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due
 to the condition of the original document.

2  Occupation is written as shown-Capn-which may mean a Ship Captain

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208.

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