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Bark Evening Star

I, Josiah EcMiller, Master of the Bark (British) Evening Star, 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 Bark Evening Star at St. Jago de Cuba, from which Port the said Bark Evening Star 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.
So help me God. (No signature).

Sworn to this 8th May 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bark Evening Star whereof Josiah EcMiller is Master, from St. Jago de Cuba, burthen Two Hundred Ninety-three tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage, and a notation if the passenger died during the voyage.

               
 
  1  M Ros               22   M   Merchant   Spain    United States   Cabin
  2* Manuel Canteleo     34   M   Capt       Spain    United States   Cabin
  3  Mrs Canteleo        30   F   Wife       Spain    United States   Cabin
  4  Antonio Badell      15   M   Student    Spain    United States   Cabin
  5  Sisto Sanson        33   M   Servant    China    United States   Cabin
  6  Fernando Bertaro    34   M   Servant    China    United States   Cabin


Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that cannot be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.

  2  Passenger's full Occupation is recorded as "Capt. Span. Army".
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 294, List 406.

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