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SS Rapidan

I, W^m S. Cheeseman, Master of the Steamship "Rapidan", 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 Rapidan at New Orleans and Havana, from which Ports the said Steamship Rapidan 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 S. Cheesman.

Sworn to this April 22nd 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W M C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship "Rapidan" whereof W^m S. Cheeseman is Master, from New Orleans and Havana, burthen 868 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in the transcription.

  1* Gaspar Tri?b??        26    Male     Merchant    Mexico    Mexico    Cabin
  2* Gregorio Milas?       30    Male     Merchant    Mexico    Mexico    Cabin
  3* Jose Melendez         37    Male     Servant     Spain     Spain     Cabin
  4  John M. Oriol         35    Male     Merchant    Spain     Spain     Cabin
  5  George Taylor         45    Male     Merchant    England   England   Cabin
  6  Sarah E. Henry        25    Female   Lady        U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
  7  Gertrude Henry         2    Female   Child       U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
  8* Adah. Lakeman         31    Female   Lady        U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
  9  William E. Keenard    39    Male     Merchant    U.S.      England   Cabin
 10  Nellie Franklin       25    Female   Lady        U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 11  Edwin Harper          22    Male     Clerk       England   U.S.      Cabin
 12  John W. Wheeler       21    Male     Clerk       U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 13  Henry Wall            41    Male     Merchant    U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 14* Simon Maranio         51    Male     Merchant    Spain     Spain     Cabin
 15  Chas. Chainey         38    Male     Farmer      U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 16  Annie Chainey         27    Female   Farmer      U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 17  Charley Chainey Jr.    9    Male     Child       U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 18  Lizzie Chainey         7y6m Female   Child       U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 19  Annie Chainey          6    Female   Child       U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 20  Otto Chainey           4    Male     Child       U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 21  John Chainey           2    Male     Child       U.S.      U.S.      Cabin
 22  William J. Benjamin   33    Male     Merchant    U.S.      U.S.      Cabin


 Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not 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.

  In the Captain's sworn statement at the top of the manifest, the Captain's 
  name is written as "Cheeseman".  However, in the his signature, the Captain's 
  name appears to be written as "Cheesman".


  1  Letters of surname are not carefully formed and cannot be deciphered with
     certainty, but surname is possibly "Trisbo", "Trixbo", "Trisba", "Trixba".
  2  Letters of surname are not carefully formed and cannot be deciphered with
     certainty, but surname is possibly "Milass", "Milaso", "Milan" or "Milard".
  3  There is an acute accent mark above the "e" in given name "Jose".
  8  Surname is either "Lakeman" or "Lokeman".
 14  Surname is possibly "Maranio", "Matanio" or "Masanio".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 324.

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