Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Puebla

I, Gerard 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 4th day of Dec 1892, before me, (signature) R.C. Calhoun, 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

CUSTOM HOUSE PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY
COLLECTORS OFFICE, _____,1892
Statement of the number of passengers embarked per City of Puebla from U.S. Ports of this District sixteen (16)
From Victoria B.C._____ in transit to China ____ Total 16
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. ____, 1892
I hereby certify the above to be correct, and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the register on file at the Custom House at Port Townsend, and are found to be correct. (signature) R.C. Calhoun

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this ? day of Dec 1892* (signature) M. Webber, Deputy Collector of Customs

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  Tong  Yin        27 Tailor  Seattle     5'5½"  Little fingernail on right hand gone
 2  Wong  Hing       30 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'10"  Pocked marked under lower lip
 3  Lowie Gowi       32 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'8"   Scar on left temple
 4  Ching Sam        30 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'9½"  Scar over right ear
 5  Lee   Mee        26 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'9"   Two small moles on adams apple, Clear complexion
 6  Fong  Yuen       26 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'8½"  Small scar right corner mouth
 7  Fong  Choy Shing 25 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'8"   Small scar right side neck
 8  Ah    Hoy        32 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'8¾"  Curl lobe left ear
 9  Ah    Tong       30 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'7¾"  Two moles on forehead between two eyebrows, small eyes
10  Ah    Yet        25 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'3¾"  Light scar over left eyebrow
11  Ah    Sing       34 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'11¾" Long scar right cheek mole left cheek
12  Ah    Wong       30 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'6½"  Head badly scarred
13  Com   See        40 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'10"  Scar left upper lip, small moles all over face
14  Ah    Wan        25 Ironer  Pt Townsend 5'5"   small scar left side face below corner mouth
15  Ah    Sing       27 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'6½"  Small mole over left eyebrow
16  Ah    Hop        29 Laborer Pt Townsend 5'5"   Little finger nail left hand jammed
 

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 date entered in the third paragraph is difficult to interpret.  There is a clear 7
 written before the word Dec.  It is possible that something precedes the 7 because there
 is a smear that could be another digit.  Also there is a 2 written between the line on
 which the date appears and the line on which the signature is written.

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 first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 paragraph and its heading is a piece of paper attached to the page.  The following
 paragraph is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The cover sheet for this list has two hand written notes and two stamps.  
 Respectfully request to the Collector for a ruling as to the right of the
  within named Chinese to land.
  (signature) LW Garkill, Deputy Collector
 Allow landing under Dept telegram of Nov 21, 1888
  (signature) EB Jerome
The stamps: 
 Inspector Presbury
  On identification land the within named chinese(sic) person in accordance with foregoing.
   (signature) LW Garkill, Dec 7, 1892
 I certify that I have this day landed the within named Chinese person. 
  (signature) WW Presbury, Chinese Inspector Dec 27, 1892*
   This is the date entered by Mr Presbury.  It appears to be incorrect.

The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in 
the table:
 No of Certificate=no entries 
 Complexion=Yellow
 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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