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Ship Liverpool

I, Peter Kearny Master of the Ship Liverpool 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 at London 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) PKearny

Sworn to this March 21 1859
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Liverp??? whereof Kearny is Master, from London burthen (omitted) 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. The Destination for all was recorded as 'U.S.', no deaths were recorded on the voyage, and these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

  1  William Gibson   31y   M  Mariner     U. S.         Second Cabin  6 Bu*
  2  Henry Gibson     35y   M  Solicitor   U. S.         Second Cabin
  3  W^m Clute        22y   M  Mariner     G^t. Britain  Second Cabin  1
  4  Stephen Bickers  41y   M  Mariner     G^t. Britain  Second Cabin  1
  5  Maria Bickers    30y   F  Wife        G^t. Britain  Second Cabin
  6* Betsey Muler     27y   F  Wife        ????sia       Second Cabin  3
  7  Richard Dadson   21y   M  Labourer    England       Second Cabin
  8  William Dadson   43y   M  Labourer    England       Second Cabin  2
  9  Joseph Marshall  33y   M  Brushmaker  England       Second Cabin  3
 10* Lucy Marshall    31y   F  Wife        England       Second Cabin
 11* Lucy Marshall     7y   F  None        England       Second Cabin
 12* Joseph Marshall   ?y   M  None        England       Second Cabin
 13* Jane Marshall     5y   F  None        England       Second Cabin
 14* Margaret ??essy  33y   F  Serv^t      England       Second Cabin  1
 15* Cha^s Taylor     32y   M  None        England       4
 16  Anne Taylor      28y   F  Wife        England       4
 17  Cha^s Donn       28y   M  Farmer      England       1
 18  James Powell     44y   M  Labourer    England       4
 19  John Powell      21y   M  Shoemaker   England       4
 20  Jane Powell      40y   F  Wife        England       4
 21* Elizabeth Powell 32y   F  S?etser     England       4
 22  Michael Reilly   26y   M  Labourer    England       1
 23  James Collins    38y   M  Labourer    England       1
 24  Cha^s Fox        32y   M  Tailor      Germany       2
 25  Dora Fox         27y   F  Wife        Germany       2
 26  Cha^s Salmon     26y   M  Painter     England       2
 27  James English    21y   M  Shoemaker   England
 28  John Mann        21y   M  Wire Drawer England       1
 29  John Smith       21y   M  Wire Drawer England
 30  Maria Arnnan     50y   F  None        Prussia       2


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 below.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of 
   the original document.

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

The manifest scribe numbered the passengers.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
indicated.

* In the far right column (Part of the Vessel occupied), the manifest scribe also recorded 
  what may be the amount of baggage brought aboard.

 6 Umlaut over 'u' in surname; Country of Origin overwritten, 
   partially illegible, could be Prussia.
10-14 bracketed together, probably indicating group traveling 
      together.
12 Age overwritten, illegible, less than 10y.
14 First letter(s) of surname illegible.
15 Manifest scribe discontinued recording Space Occupied.
21 2nd letter of Occupation faded, illegible.
28-29 bracketed together, probably indicating family traveling 
      together.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 167

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