Immigrant Ships
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SS DeSoto

I, John Johnston, Master of the Steamship DeSoto, 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 Steamship at Havana, from which port said Steamship 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.
J Johnston

Sworn to this March 14 1861
Before Me J White DC

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Steamship DeSoto whereof J Johnston is Master, from Havana. Burthen 1600 tons

Columns represent: Name, Age (Year & Month), 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.
Columns eliminated and the reasons why:
Occupation---All shown as Mcht (Merchant?)
Country of origin---United States is shown for all.
Country of Destination---All going to the Unites States.
Died on voyage---No deaths.
Part of ship occupied---Aft is the only designation for all.

 1  John Hore          37-6  M 
 2  James A Soutter    26-7  M 
 3  John A Mendoza     22-3  M
 4  Fred Chacon        31-9  M
 5  Lewis D Coxe       29-9  M
 6  John G Smith       26-3  M
 7  Thos Burget        32-2  M
 8  James Mongarga     34-4  M
 9  Mrs Mongarga       30-6  F
10  Miss Mary Mongarga 26-2  F
11  Carlos Mepia       37-7  M
12  W Mepia            30-8  F
13* John J ?????       23-9  M
14  Danl Olway         27-3  M
15* Alex Muro          ??-6  M
16  John A Night       26-6  M
17  James Soutter      31-1  M
18* ?? Audmant         49-6  M
19  John Whittemore    23-1  M
20  Geo LaMarche       25-6  M
21* John Di?d???       22-3  M
22  Thos Garcia        47-7  M
23* M?? ???ela         34-7  M
24* Thos W T?????      26-10 M
25  Fred Monde         27-11 M
26* M B???             34-9  M 
27  Louis Hernandez    28-5  M
28* Jno P Law????      37-0  M
29  Thos Vant          32-7  M
30  Fred Mullins       26-6  M
31  Edwd Kopie         26-7  M
32* James Mullinh???   27-2  M
33* John ?????         31-1  M
34* Lewis Scar???      29-4  M
35  John Linchow       34-6  M
36  James Harton       28-1  M
37  Nat Thompson       26-2  M
38  Ed Corne           32-9  M
39* A Af?????          27-3  M
40* H Little????       31-6  M
41* Ed ?????           24-8  M
42* ??? Wentworth      31-9  M
43* Avery ?????        26-7  M
44  John Quick         21-7  M
45  Chas Rives         26-4  M
46  James W Wau        31-3  M
47  Geo Sharp          29-2  M
48  Geo Daring         24-7  M
49  Nat Rogers         34-11 M
50  Mrs Rogers         26-7  F
51  James Melville     31-8  M
52  Mrs Melville       20-6  F


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.


13  Last name unreadable. 
15  Age not readable. 
18  First Initial unreadable. 
21  Last name 
23  Both name unreadable. 
24-26-28-32-33-34-39-40-41-42-43-All of these passengers' last names
     were unreadable. The handwriting was very bad.

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

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