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Ship Nonantum

I, Burgess, Master of the Ship Nonantum, 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 Ship at Calcutta, from which Port the 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. (Signature) W^m W. Burgess.

Sworn to this 16th May 1868,
Before me. (Signature) ? ???????, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Nonantum whereof Burgess is Master, from Calcutta burthen 1149 52/100 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, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage.

              
  1* C. Du Case        30   M   Ma???     Gt Britain    U. States    Cabin
  2* J Rand            45   M   Ma???     Gt Britain    U. States    Cabin
  3  Sarah Rand        40   F             Gt Britain    U. States    Cabin
  4  Sarah Rand        18   F             Gt Britain    U. States    Cabin
  5  Lydia Rand        13   F             Gt Britain    U. States    Cabin
  6  Jassie Rand        5   F             Gt Britain    U. States    Cabin
  7  Hiram Rand         8   M             Gt Britain    U. States    Cabin
  8  Joseph Rand       14   M             Gt Britain    U. States    Cabin
  9  Helen Rand         3   F             Gt Britain    U. 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.


  1    Middle name is possibly "Du", "Dee" or "Der".  
  1-2  Occupation is not carefully written and cannot be deciphered, but begins 
       with "Ma" followed by letters not formed clearly enough to be deciphered.
       Occupation is possibly though not certainly "Mariner".  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 294, List 447.

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