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Bark Gazelle

I, Robt Black, Master of Bark Gazelle 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 of the said Bark at Barbados, 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 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 for the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
So help me God. (Signature) Robt Black

Sworn to this 4 December 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ?????????

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bark Gazelle whereof Black is Master, from Barbados, burthen 193 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they belong, the country to which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage.

       
  1  F G Pile         53   M    Merchant    Barbados    United States    Cabin
  2  E A Pile         40   F                Barbados    United States    Cabin
  3  Miss ? Pile      20   F                Barbados    United States    Cabin
  4  Miss A C Pile    16   F                Barbados    United States    Cabin
  5  Miss M H Pile    14   F                Barbados    United States    Cabin
  6  L F Castor       23   M   Engineer     U. States   United States    Cabin
  7* G W Humbert      29   M   Merchant     U. States   United States    Cabin
                                        
   
Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.


  7  Surname is possibly "Humbert", "Humbut" or "Humbest".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 289, List 1252.

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