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Ship Kate Switland

Bristol, England to New York
8 October 1858

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Henry Spalding Master of the Ship Kate Switland 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 Ship Kate Switland at Bristol 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 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.
So help me God.
(Signed) Henry Spalding
Sworn to this Eighth October 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Kate Switland whereof Henry Spalding is Master, from Bristol burthen 627 35/95 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and Space Occupied was not recorded; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.
1  Richard Woodly  50y  Male    Farmer  UStates America  U States
2  Jane Woodly     49y  Female  wife    UStates America  U States

At end of manifest:                                      (signed) Henry Spalding


Transcriber's Notes:

The manifest scribe did not number the passengers; the numbers have been added by the 
transcriber.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 188, List 961.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 December 2005

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