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Bark Liberia


Monrovia, Liberia via Sierra Leone to New York
12 June 1876

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, M. W. Tobey, Master of the Bark Liberia, do solemnly, sincerely and truly _______(left blank) 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 Liberia at Monrovia, Liberia via S/Leone from which port said Bark Liberia 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 12 June 1876

So help me God,
(signed) M. W. Tobey

before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Bark Liberia whereof M. W. Tobey is Master, from Sierra Leone burthen threehundred and twenty seven 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.
 
Cabin Passengers:
 1    R. S. M^cGill jr    23   male                  Liberia   Liberia
 2    Jn^o A. Parin       32   male     physician    Liberia   Liberia
 3    Tho^s G. Fuller     38   male     merchant     Liberia   Liberia
 4    Tho^s D. Campbell   43   male     merchant     Liberia   Liberia
 5    G. D. Moore         22   male     merchant     Liberia   Liberia
 6    D. A. Day           26   male     missionary   U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 7    R. R. Collins       28   male     missionary   U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 8*   Mrs. B. A. Nelson   40   female                Liberia 
 9    Mrs. H. S. Farrow   40   female                Liberia   Liberia
10*   B. B.  Collins      28   female   missionary   U.S.A.    U.S.A.    Died 6th May
11*   J. W. Turner        32   female                U.S.A.    U.S.A.
12    S. A. Campbell      14   male                  Liberia   U.S.A.
13*   Duncan Nelson       14   male                  Liberia 
14    W^m Libbey          25   male                  U.S.A.    U.S.A.

Steerage Passengers:
15*   S.C. Glasgow        70   male                  Liberia   U.S.A.
16    F. F. Deut          18   male                  Liberia   U.S.A.
17    Britton Still       42   male                  Liberia   U.S.A.
18    Sarah Whitfield     45   female                Liberia   U.S.A.
19    Mary Dent           50   female                Liberia   U.S.A.
20    Louise Tucker       22   female                Liberia   U.S.A.
21    Martha Field        43   female                Liberia   U.S.A.
22    Sarah Field         18   female                Liberia   U.S.A.
23    Elizabeth Glasgow   60   female                Liberia   U.S.A.    Died May 25th
24    C.V. Beams          21   female                Liberia   U.S.A.
25    Elvira Young        33   female                Liberia   U.S.A.


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.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

 8:  Lines were drawn through all information for this passenger. "Returned to Liberia
     after vessel had cleared from S/Leone" is written at the end of the line.
11:  Names may be Mrs. J. M. Turner.
13:  Lines were drawn through all information for this passenger. "Returned to Liberia
     after vessel had cleared from S/Leone" is written at the end of the line.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404 , List 504.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 February 2006



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