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I, J. G. Wickman Master of the "America" 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 St?? at Lpool from which port said Steamer 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.Sworn to this 23 July 1858
(Signature omitted)
Before me (Signed) ??offman (partially illegible)
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamer "America" whereof Wickman is Master, from Liverpool burthen 984 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. No deaths and no Space Occupied were recorded on this voyage and these columns have been omitted from the transcription.
1 Anne Brerton 9y 6m Female England U^td States 2 Jose Carreras 44y 6m Male Merchant Spain Spain 3 Miss Winkler 40y Female Lady Germany U^d States 4* Henry Ba?bey 26y 5m Male Merchant U^d States U^d States 5 D. W. Meeks 31y Male Merchant U^d States U^d States 6 Emil Oelbermann 24y 10m Male Merchant Prussia U^d States 7 Theodore Simpson 26y Male Merchant United States U^d States 8 Adde Simpson 24y Male Merchant United States U^d States 9 William C. Macdougals 57y 10m Male Ret^d. Judge England England 10 H. A. Smythe 45y Male Merchant United States United States 11 Mrs. Smythe 40y Female Lady United States United States 12 Miss Smythe 13y Female Lady United States United States 13 Edmund Ackroyd 36y Male Merchant England England 14 M. A. Beneley 27y 4m Female Lady England England 15 P. M. Hurst 37y 1m Male Merchant France France 16 Mrs. Hurst 25y 1m Female Lady France France 17 Robert Strathery 28y Male Merchant England England 18 Thomas Poole 32y Male Merchant England United States 19 J. O. Bartholomew 24y Male Merchant United States United States 20 J. Brush 37y Male Merchant Prussia United States 21 Alex: Fielder 45y Male Merchant England England 22* C. F. Stone 2?y Male Merchant England England 23 H. Stowels 31y Male Merchant England England 24 Morye Haggan 30y 4m Male Merchant U^td States Texas 25* Cap^? Brittan 41y Male Mariner U^td States United States 26 G. A. Hearn 28y Male Merchant U^td States United States 27 W. Swanwick 32y Male Merchant England England 28 J. Marshall 24y Male Merchant England England 29 Juan V Pequeno 46y 4m Male Merchant Spain Spain 30 Thomas Newley 34y 7m Male Merchant U^td States United States 31 H. B. Northrup 53y Male Merchant U^td States United States 32 Lewis Weld 26y 5m Male Merchant U^td States United States 33 Jno. P. Fellowes 42y 6m Male Merchant U^td States United States 34 J. C. Murdock 18y 3m Male Student U^td States United States 35 Cha^s. F Hardy 15y 0m Male Student U^td States United States 36 D. T. Withers 17y 6m Male Student U^td States United States 37 J. Massie Martin 21y 9m Male Student U^td States United States 38 C. E. Fuller 38y Male Merchant England England 39 William Thompson 34y Male Merchant England United States 40* A. G. Conant 2?y 7m Male Merchant England United States 41 H. E. Tompkins 30y Male Merchant England United States 42* Marquis A. P. de Rovagossi?? 33y 3m Male Gentleman Piedmont United States 43 Tho^s R. Russel 24y 8m Male Merchant England England 44 H. Larr 33y Male Traveller England England 45 Ferd. Meuping 24y 1m Male Merchant Germany Germany 46 Paul Solileao 40y 2m Male Merchant France France 47 H. Toissonier 35y 2m Male Merchant France France 48 J. C. Frost 31y Male Merchant United States United States 49 A. Hourdequin 31y 6m Male Merchant United States United States 50 Charles Simpson 35y Male Merchant United States United States 51 Cha^s. H. Lord 29y Male Merchant England England 52 John Lambert 37y 10m Male Attorney England England 53 C. Muller 44y 1m Male Merchant Germany Germany 54 F. Gentil 33y Male Merchant United States United States 55 C. Ireson 33y Male Builder England United States 56 Randolph Kepel 36y Male Merchant United States United States 57 Phillip Hill 29y 6m Male Merchant United States United States 58 Jno. Bellward 43y Male Merchant United States United States 59 Mrs. Bellward 40y Female Lady United States United States 60 Nelson Bellward 9y Male United States United States 61 Anne E. Bellward 6y Female United States United States 62 C. Thomas 45y Male Merchant United States United 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 use of a : indicates that the word may be an abbreviation. 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. 4 3rd letter of surname not clear, could be Barbey or Basbey. 22 2nd number of Age illegible because of ink blots. 25 Superscripted letter in title illegible. 40 2nd number of Age illegible because of overwriting. 42 Ending of surname illegible because of handwriting.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 186, List 674.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 July 2005
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