Schooner Monte Christi
I, Charles Smith, Master of the Schn. Monte Christi, 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 Schn. Monte Christi at Aguin Hayti from which port said Schooner as 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 Jan 3^rd 1876
So help me God,
before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) Chs Smith
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Schooner Monte Christi whereof Charles Smith is Master, from Aguin Hayti burthen 147 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. O. Kempton 27 male mariner P. E. Island P. E. Island
signed C D Smith
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.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated. Part of the
vessel occupied is blank.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 401, List 1.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 March 2006
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