Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Crescent City


Havana, Cuba to New York
24 July 1848

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Charles Stoddard, Master of the SS Crescent City, 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 Ship at Havana, 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 passenger, 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 tha tsaid 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.
Charles Stoddard
Sworn to this 7-24-1848
Before Me ????????
List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the SS Crescent City whereof Charles Stoddard is Master, from Havana.
Burthen ??? tons
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage.
Columns eliminated and the reasons why:
     Occupation---Not recorded
     Died on Voyage---No deaths
     Part of ship occupied during voyage---Not given.
 1  John Robins    39 M Merchant  Spain  Spain
 2  A Kobbe        42 F           Spain  Spain
 3  Mrs A Kobbe    22 M           Spain  Spain
 4  A Kobbe M       9 M           Spain  Spain
 5  E Wade         31 F Merchant  USA    USA
 6  G M Hayes      51 M           Spain  Spain
 7  Geo Bartlett   49 M           Spain  Spain
 8* Charles T????? 56 M ?????     Spain  Spain
 9* A H?????       22 M ?????     Spain  Spain
10* A P?????       26 M ?????     Spain  Spain
11* J M?????       23 M Planter   Spain  Spain
12* J P C T?????   25 M Planter   Spain  Spain
13* C D?????       60 M           Spain  Spain
14* M D?????       26 M           Spain  Spain
15  J Hare         25 M           Spain  Spain
16* John S?????    10 M           Spain  Spain
17  W Davis        35 M Merchant  Spain  Spain
18* J H?????       10 M           Spain  Spain

Transcriber's Notes:
* The use of an asterisk is to call attention to additional  information in the Transcriber's Notes.
? The use of a question mark indicates a word or letters that could  not be read due to the condition
  of the original document.   Handwriting on this document is atrocious.

     8---Last name begins with T. Looks like Tyng.
     9---Last name begins with H. Looks like Hinnins.
    10---Last name begins with P. Looks like Pargl.
    11---Last name begins with M. Looks like Mrerells.
    12---Last name begins with T. Thrn???.
 13-14---Looks like Dapetra.
    16---Looks like Safful.
    18---Starts with H.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 74, List 810.
Transcribed by Al O'Brien a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 August 2006



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