Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Columbus

I, E. C. Reed, Master of the St. Ship Columbus, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare 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 St Ship Columbus at Havana from which port said St. Ship Columbus 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.
Sworn to this 19 Jan 1876

So help me God,
(signed) E. C. Reed

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Columbus whereof E. C. Reed, is master, from Havana burthen 1583 43/100 tons.

Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

  1  W. B. Gerard       23   male     mercht     United States   U.S.       cabin      
  2* Mrs. J. Hawkins    25   female   lady       Ireland         U.S.       cabin      
  3  D. Watson          50   male     engineer   United States   U.S.       cabin      
  4  W^m Bulow          45   male     mercht     United States   U.S.       cabin      
  5* E. Baldemar?       53   male     mercht     Spain           Spain      cabin      
  6  Miss R. Weight     48   female   lady       England         England    cabin      
  7  E. Garcia          45   male     lawyer     Cuba            Cuba       cabin      
  8  M. Aguero          70   male     mercht     Cuba            Cuba       cabin      
  9  A. Lopez Alvarez   39   male     mercht     Cuba            Cuba       cabin      
 10  E. de Escouaza     48   male     mercht     Cuba            Cuba       cabin      
 11  J. W. Pugh          3   male     sailor     United States   U.S.       cabin                                                                  

    
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.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined 
   due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.

2: the country of origin could be England.
5: Surname may be Baldanar.

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