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Ship Orpheus

I, J P Wessels, Master of the Bremen Ship Orpheus, 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 Bremerhaven, 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 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 P Wessels

Sworn to this 18 Feby 1861
Before Me J White DC

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Ship Orpheus whereof J P Wessels is Master, from Bremenrhaven.
Burthen 649 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, 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. No deaths so that column has been eliminated. All the passengers are shown in the Deckhouse during the voyage, so the column covering that information is also eliminated.

    
 1  Georg Bayer         28 M Miller   Germany       New York 
 2  Theodor Trauernicht 18 M Merchant Germany       St Louis
 3  Joh Carl Schmidt    50 M Merchant               New York
 4  Henriette Imhoff    23 F          Germany       Chicago
 5  Maria Hesse         27 F          Germany       Milwaukee
 6  Wilhelm Warneke     38 M Merchant United States Ohio
 7  Abraham Strauss     21 M Merchant Germany       Chicago
 8  Victor Lowenstein   20 M Butcher  Germany       North Carolina
 9  Wilhelm Hansemeir   35 M Farmer   Germany       St Louis
10  Meyer Lowenstein    26 M Butcher  Germany       North Carolina
11  Joseph Kugler       22 M Brewer   Germany       New York
12  Frederich Brandt    34 M Baker    Germany       New York
13  Johann Muller       25 M Brewer   Germany       New York
14  Peter Frangmann     24 M Brickner Germany       New York 
    

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.

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

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