Immigrant Ships
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Ship Caravan

I, Sand Master of the Caravan do solemnly, sincerely and truly Sw??? (illegible) 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 Ship at Lpool 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 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) William G. Sand

Sworn to this 23 July 1858
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Caravan whereof (omitted) is Master, from Lpool burthen 1362 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 America, no deaths and no Space Occupied was recorded for this voyage; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

  1  George Murray     26y      Male Merchant Scotland
  2  Lilly Murray      24y      Fem           Scotland
  3  George Murray      1y 10m  Male          Scotland
  4  Christian Redpath 55y      Fem           Scotland
  5  Janet Redpath     18y      Fem  Farmer   Scotland
  6  James Redpath     28y      Male          Scotland
  7  George Redpath    26y      Male          Scotland
  8  W^m Redpath       16y      Male          Scotland
  9  John Redpath      16y      Male          Scotland
 10  Peter H Murdock   22y      Male Clerk    England
 11  W^m Pollit        48y      Male Clothier England
 12  James Kirby       31y      Male Smith    England
 13  Henry Guy         18y      Male Farmer   Ireland
 14* Patrick S??eny    56y      Male Farmer   Ireland
 15  Samuel Powel      24y      Male Farmer   Ireland
 16  John Libmeyor     26y      Male Clerk    France
 17* John Bra?         35y      Male Smith    England
 18  Isabella Chapman  45y      Fem  Smith    Scotland
 19  Isabella Chapman  23y      Fem  Smith    Scotland
 20  Sarah Chapman     20y      Fem  Smith    Scotland
 21  James Chapman     21y      Male Farmer   Scotland
 22  W^m Thompson      25y      Male Farmer   Scotland
 23  Michael Conrad    28y      Male Laborer  Germany
 24  Theresa Conrad    24y      Fem  Laborer  Germany
 25* George Dithme?    24y      Male Laborer  Germany

At end of manifest:      (signed) William A. Sands


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.

The manifest scribe numbered the passengers.

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

The manifest scribe used vertical lines probably to indicate continuation/duplication of the 
last written word(s).

 2  Name is recorded as "Lilly his Wife".
 3  Name is recorded as "George Infant".
14  2nd and 3rd letters of surname illegible.
17  Last letter of surname not clear, could be Bran or Braw.
24  Name is recorded as "Theresa his wife".
25  Ending of surname not clear, could be Dithmen or Dithmese.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 186, List 673.

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