Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Puebla

I, G. Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) G. Debney
Sworn to this 20th day of Sept 1892, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof
G. Debney is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1713 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1* Lee Fong  35  Merchant  Seattle  5'7?"  mole on right cheek
2* She Yee   26  Merchant  Seattle  5'?½"  nail off middle finger left hand


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
 Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers are included in the identification 
 of the film and reel numbers below.

The cover sheet for this list has two hand written notes.  
 Respectfully ???? the Collector  for a ruling as to the right of the within Chinese to land.
  (signature) ????, Deputy Collector 
 Sept 30 
 Allow landing under Dept telegram Nov 21, 1888
  (signature) EB Jimne

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 No of Certificate=no entries 
 Complexion=Dark
 Color of Eyes=Dark 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries

According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they have
 some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.

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