Immigrant Ships
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SS Morro Castle

I, Richard Adams, Master of the S.S. "Morro Castle" 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 S.S. "Morro Castle" at Havana, from which port said Steamship 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 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. (Signature) R. Adams

Sworn to this 12th December 1867,
Before me. (Signature) R ??????p, D.C.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. "Morro Castle" whereof Rich^d Adams is Master, from Havana, burthen 1680 96/100 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they belong, the country to which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage.

    
  1  John E. Mellet        31    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
  2  George M. Jones       28    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
  3* ???? H Sanlinger      50    M    US Consul   U. States    U. States    Cabin
  4  Maguel Prado          37    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
  5* Andres Johchow        40    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
  6  George Pockels        39    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
  7  Jose Garcia           43    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
  8  Mrs Jose Garcia       39    F    Wife        U. States    U. States    Cabin
  9* Ramon Alvarez         29    M      ?         U. States    U. States    Cabin
 10  George Longoria       40    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 11  Felix Longoria        42    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 12  John Plazle           37    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 13  Francuci Jence        39    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 14* John J ?????          44    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 15* Thos Gar??de          43    M    Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 16* Mrs Thos Jarside      37    F    Wife        U. States    U. States    Cabin

                                                  (Signature)  R Adams 

                                          
Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest. 
 
  The entry "United States" in the native country and destination country columns
  is shortened to "U. States" for formatting reasons.  "Male" and "Female" in the
  Sex column are shortened to "M" and "F" for the same reason.


  3     Given name is partially overwritten and not decipherable.  Passenger's full
        Occupation is recorded as "US Consul at Vera Cruz".
  5     Surname appears to be either "Johchow" or "Jotichow".
  9     Passenger's Occupation is not decipherable.  It appears to be three letters,
        beginning with "C" or "O" followed by "ak".  Perhaps intended to be "Clerk".
 14     Surname appears to begin with the letter "T", but even that letter is in
        doubt.  The remainder of the name is not decipherable.
 15-16  Surnames of husband and wife appear to be spelled differently.  Husband's
        surname appears to begin with "G" followed by "ar" followed by two undecipherable
        letters followed by "de".  Wife's surname begins with "J" followed by "ar"
        followed by "side".  Surname is possibly "Garside" or "Jarside".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 289, List 1269.

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