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Ship Matilda

I, Robert Porter Master of the Ship "Matilda" 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 of the said ship at Liverpool from which port said ship 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.
(Signed) Robert Porter

Sworn to this 3 June 1858
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship "Matilda" whereof Porter is Master, from Liverpool burthen 833 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. The Country of Origin for all passengers was England, the destination for all passengers was U.S.A., no deaths were recorded, and the Space Occupied for all passengers was Houses on Deck; these columns have been omitted from this transcription.

 1  Geo Walley         23y  Male    Farmer
 2* Emma Walley        22y  Female  Wife of do
 3* John Walley         2y  Male    sin
 4* Mrs. Dutten        45y  Female  Lady
 5* John Dutten        18y  Male    ???
 6* Thom? Dutton       16y  Male    ???
 7* Benj Dutton        10y  Male    son
 8* Rich^d Dutten       8y  Male    son
 9* Joseph Dutten      12y  Male    son
10  Thomas Bolderstone 18y  Male    Farmer


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
   or is used to call your attention to additional information in the Transcriber's Notes
   below.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of the
   original document.

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

The manifest scribe did not number the passengers; the numbers have been added by the transcriber.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated.

2  Occupation probably refers to the passenger being the wife of passenger 1.
3  Occupation is probably miswritten "son".
4-9  This is probably a family traveling together, surname Dutten or Dutton for all.
5-6  Occupation illegible because of overwriting, probably "son".
6  Last letter of surname illegible because of ink smear.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 184, List 483.

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