Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Bark La Plata

I, S. B. Crowell, Master of the Bark "La Plata", 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 La Plata at Buenos Ayres from which Port the said La Plata 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. (Signature) S. B. Crowell

Sworn to this 18 November 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ?????????, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bark "La Plata" whereof Crowell is Master, from B^s. Ayres burthen 385 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Passengers' Occupations are not recorded on the manifest.

              

  1  Mrs Benj Townsend     31   Female     U.S.     U.States     Cabin
  2  Caroline Lamont       28   Female     U.S.     U.States     Cabin
  3  Minnie Townsend        4   Female     U.S.     U.States     Cabin
  4  Infant Townsend        1   Male       U.S.     U.States     Cabin
  5  Cha^s Somers          18   Male       U.S.     U.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.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

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

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 289, List 1202.

Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 January 2006

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