Immigrant Ships
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Bark Benefactor

I, E C Eldria, Master of the Bark Benefactor, 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 Bark at (blank) from which Port the said Bark 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) E C Eldria

Sworn to this October 31 1867,
Before me. (Signature) R???nkoop, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bark Benefactor whereof Eldria is Master, from Yokohama burthen 525 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* Henry Capt            35   Male     Gent        U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  2* Capt Henry Ballard    45   Male     Sea Capt    U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  3* Mrs Henry Ballard     40   Female   Wife        U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  4* Henry Ballard         12   Male     Child       U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  5*   ?    Ballard         2   Inft     Child       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.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.


  1     Passenger's name is recorded as "Henry Capt", but might possibly be "Capt Henry",
        or "Henry" is the given name and the surname is not recorded.
  2-5   Surname is either "Bullard" or "Ballard".
  5     Given name is not clearly written, but might possibly be either "Minnie" or
        "William".  This child's Sex is not recorded.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 288, List 1143.

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