Bark Magdalena
I, Thos Griffin, Master of the Bark Magdalena, 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 Bark at Ciudad Bolivar 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 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 6 June 1876 So help me God,
(signed) Tho^s Griffin
before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Bark Magdalena whereof ___left blank__is Master, from Ciudad Bolivar burthen 259/26 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.
1 W^m Brennan 28 male machinist US US Cabin
2 James Flynn 25 male machinist US US Cabin
3 Walter March 19 male clerk US US Cabin
4* Francis Wallison 35 male clerk US US Cabin
signed: Tho^s Griffin
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.
^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
* No passengers died on the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
4: Surname may be Mallison.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 480.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 January 2006
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