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SS City of Puebla
I, G. Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said steamer at Port Townsend from which port said steamship 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 the said steamship, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) G. Debney
Sworn to this ? day of Dec 1891, before me, (signature) JW Potter, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G. Debney is Master, from Port Townsend burthen 1713 tons
CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Collector's Office Dec 5, 1891 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS City of Puebla(from U.S. ports of this District 2 Chinamen, from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total 2
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. ____, 1891. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature) JW Potter, Deputy Collector of Customs
Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 8th day of December 1891 (signature) M Webber, 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* See ?im 28 Mcht Port T 5'7" Dk Dk scar over right ear 2 Ah Sam 25 Cook Port T 5'3½" Dk Dk scar on left temple 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. There are two separate pages and numbers for the same arrival of this ship because it carried Chinese passengers from a foreign port, Victoria, and a US port, Port Townsend. The two sets of passengers required different documentation and paperwork. 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 cover sheet. The following paragraph is a note on the body of the page. The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult. However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. These numbers are included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below. The cover sheet for this list has two hand written notes and two stamps. Respectfully referred to the Collector for a ruling as to the right of the within named Chinese to land. (signature) LW Garkill, Deputy Collector Allow landing under Dept telegram of Nov 21, 1888 (signature) EB Jerome The stamps: Inspector Presbury On identification land the within named chinese(sic) person in accordance with foregoing. (signature) LW Garkill Dec 8, 1891 I certify that I have this day landed the within named Chinese person. (signature) WW Presbury, Chinese Inspector Dec 8, 1891 The following columns had no entries: No of Certificate If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts 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 Second name might be Kim, Tim or Lim.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 4, Vol. 28 & 29, Manifest 9348-1.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
18 August 2005
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