Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Merida

I, J. W. Reynolds, Master of the SS Merida, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare 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 Vessel at Vera Cruz, Campeche & Havana from which port said Vessel 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 Jany 25 1876

So help me God,
(signed) J. W. Reynolds

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS City of Merida whereof J. W. Reynolds, is master, from Vera Cruz, Campeche & Havana burthen fourteen hundrend and ninety two ?0/100 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^mStainer           38   male   Eng. Navy   England         England         saloon        
  2  Abraham Johnson      48   male   Eng. Navy   England         England         steerage      
  3  Herman S. Hahn       32   male   merchant    United States   United States   saloon        
  4  John Deen            29   male   engineer    United States   United States   steerage      
  5  Frank L. Levels      18   male   clerk       United States   United States   steerage      
  6  Joseph W. Hobson     27   male   merchant    United States   United States   saloon        
  7  Domingo Gomez        45   male   merchant    United States   United States   saloon        
  8  Sebastian Conill     39   male   merchant    Spain           Spain           saloon        
  9  Clement Lapeyriere   42   male   banker      France          France          saloon        
 10  Adolf E. Ronanoy     49   male   merchant    France          France          saloon        
 11  Rugue Rodon          35   male   army        Spain           Spain           saloon        
 12* Alejandro Akan       32   male   planter     China           China           saloon        
 13  Enrique Husek        26   male   pedler      Austria         Austria         steerage      

     
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.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.

12: Surname can be Akau.

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