Immigrant Ships
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SS Mexico

I, ______, Master of the Steamship Mexico 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at _______ from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) R Jepsen
Sworn to this _ day of __ 1896, before me, (signature) _______, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Mexico whereof R Jepsen is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1340.72 tons

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, PORT OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASH
Sir:
I certify that the Mexico sailed Nov 3, 1896 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with Six (6) Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached. (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 7 day of Nov 1896 (signature)JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion, Color of Eyes, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1* 55777 Ah    Din       36 ?    ? Wash.        5'4"  Dark   Brown Blind in left eye
2* 19046 Louie Hop       47 ?    Portland       5'3¾" Brown  Brown       
3* 34718 Ah    Sung      30 ?    USS Charleston 5'7½" Medium Brown Scar on point of angle of left jaw
                                                                    & scar on forehead & face
4* 53090 See   Sayung    27 ?    Pt Townsend    5'2½" Light  Dk    Two small scars between eyebrows
5* 48647 See   Gee  Jung 32 ?    Pt Townsend    5'7"  Light  Dk    Black mole on left side of head
6* 54767 See   S?        28 ?    Pt Townsend    5'2½" Dark   Dk    Scar between the eyebrows


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
 Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers are included in the identification 
 of the film and reel numbers below.

The heading for this ship has been obscured on the film by another manifest that was filmed
 on the same page so most of the heading is not visible.  What is presented above is what
 regularly appears as the printed part of the heading with only the blanks that were filmed
 completed. 

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 paragraph and its heading is a piece of paper attached to the page.  The following paragraph 
 is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The following column had no entry:
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

The cover sheet for this list has two stamps. 
 Inspector 
  Land the within named Chinese passenger on identification and judication of
   registration certificate.
   (signature) JJ Tobin, Collector Nov 7, 1896
 I certify that I have this day landed the within named Chinese passenger. 
  (signature) John Lynch, Chinese Inspector, Nov 7, 1896

According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they have
 some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.

1-6 Occupation is written in for only passenger 1.  The other passengers have ditto marks.
     The word entered is very difficult to read and could be either Sailor or Laborer.
1   Last Residence is extremely difficult to read The word begins with C and possibly ends with
     ville, Coupville. It could also be Coulee City or Coulee Dam, however the Dam was not built
     until long after this ship arrived.

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