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Amazon

I, Henry R Hovey Master of the Amazon 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 Amazon at London from which port said Ama??? 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) H. R. Hovey

Sworn to this 14 Mch 1859
Before me (Signed) WBerine DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Amazon whereof H R Hovey is Master, from London burthen 1771 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 Destination for all passengers was recorded as "United States", no deaths were recorded on the voyage, and the Space Occupied for all passengers was recorded as "2^nd Cabin; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

  1  Edward Wilser       29y     Male    Mariner      United States
  2  Cornelius McCarltey 34y     Male    Labourer     G^t. Britain
  3  Mary Wilser         29y     Female  None         England
  4  William Collins     25y     Male    Shoemaker    England
  5  Mary Collins        23y     Female               England
  6  John Collins         1y 3m  Male                 England
  7  Charles Walts       28y     Male    Silversmith  England
  8  Mary Walts          28y     Female               England
  9  Joseph Genla        20y     Male    Silk Dresser England
 10  John Ellis          12y     Male    None         England
 11  Francis Ludgate     27y     Male    Labourer     England
 12* J. Cornel Cohoo??e  45y     Male    Painter      England
 13  Edward Gillesby     18y     Male    Boiler maker England
 14* Michael Schaurtz    35y     Male    Germany      Germany
 15* Adam Mitha?         24y     Male    Germany      Germany
 16  David Schaurtz      18y     Male    Germany      Germany
 17* Thomas Mitha?       22y     Male    England      England
 18  Eliza Barnard       24y     Female  England      England
 19  Sophia Davis        28y     Female  England      England
 20  James George Davis   7y     Male    England      England
 21  William John Davis   6y     Male    England      England
 22  Almena Rada         38y     Male    Germany      Germany
 23  Louisian Rada       30y     Female  Germany      Germany
 24  Henry Thompson      28y     Male    England      England
 25* Ellen C Bisho??     22y     Female  U States     U States


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.

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

12 6th/7th letters of surname illegible.
14-25 Occupation as written.
15, 17 Surname could be Mitham or Mitharn.
25 Surname could be Bishop or Bishoff.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 140.

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