Immigrant Ships
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Bark Evening Star

I, Hosea B. Chick, Master of the Bark Evening Star, 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 Bark at Guantanamo Cuba from which port said Bark 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 28 June 1876                                                          So help me God,
                                                                                                 (signed) H. B. Chick
before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Bark Evening Star whereof ??? Chick is Master, from Guantanamo Cuba burthen 293 am/? 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   Robert Martin       45   male     machinist   England   United States   cabin
2   Anne Martin         30   female   wife        England   United States   cabin
3   Cha^s Martin        7    male     son         England   United States   cabin
4   Edward Martin       12   male     son         England   United States   cabin
5   Antonio Betancourt  20   male     gentleman   France    United States   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 where transcribed as seen.

*  No passengers died on the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated. 

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