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RMS Persia
Liverpool, England via Queenstown, Ireland to New York
11 January 1868
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Edward George Lott, Master of the R.M.S. "Persia", do
solemnly, sincerely, and truly (blank) 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 R.M.S. "Persia" at Liverpool and Queenstown from
which Ports the said R.M.S. "Persia" 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. (Signature) E G Lott
Sworn
to this January 11th 1868,
Before me. (Signature) ? ???????, D.C..
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the R.M.S.
"Persia" whereof Edward George Lott is Master, from Liverpool via Queenstown
burthen 2079 tons.
Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation,
the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend
to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage.
1 Mr H M Curtis 35 M Mercht U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
2 Mrs Curtis 27 F U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
3 Mr J. E. Hughes 34 M Mercht G.B. G.B. 1st Cabin
4 Mr J. E. Raymond 34 M Mercht U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
5 Mr F. Henriques 38 M Mercht U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
6 E. ?. M. Hall 49 M Manufac^r U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
7 G. A. Green 30 M Mercht Canada Canada 1st Cabin
8 Mr Stettaner 30 M Mercht Germany U.S. 1st Cabin
9 Mrs Stettaner 22 F Germany U.S. 1st Cabin
10 Mr F. Benkendorff 30 M Mercht Germany U.S. 1st Cabin
11 Mr A. Aschmann 34 M Mercht Germany U.S. 1st Cabin
12* Mr P. Kohnstann 55 M Gent^n Germany U.S. 1st Cabin
13 Rev^d B. Zinke 50 M Clergyman G.B. Canada 1st Cabin
14 Rev^d J. T. Lewis 41 M Clergyman G.B. Canada 1st Cabin
15 Mr M. F. Tufts 39 M Mercht U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
16 Mr H. A. Tobias 21 M Broker G.B. U.S. 1st Cabin
17 Mrs Tobias 55 F G.B. U.S. 1st Cabin
18 Mr J. C. Ingram 33 M Agent G.B. G.B. 1st Cabin
19 Mr E. Alexi 24 M Merchant Belgium U.S. 1st Cabin
20 Mr T. Weichselbaum 33 M Merchant Germany U.S. 1st Cabin
21 Mr H. Weichselbaum 12 M Student Germany U.S. 1st Cabin
22 Mr A. Friedberg 28 M Mercht Germany U.S. 1st Cabin
23 Mr. P. L. Friedberg 12 M Student Germany U.S. 1st Cabin
24 Mrs H. T. Green 40 F U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
25 Mr A Mactier 21 M Student U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
26 Mr L. C. Kellogg 50 M Mercht U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
27 Dr C. O. Crosby 50 M Gent^n U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
28 Mrs Crosby 45 F U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
29 Miss Crosby 16 F U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
30 Miss Everett 18 F G.B. G.B. 1st Cabin
31 Mr J V Spalding 38 M Mercht U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
32 Mrs Evans 37 F G.B. Canada 2nd Cabin
33 Mr Tho^s Lea 26 M Mercht G.B. U.S. 2nd Cabin
34 Mr Geo Nugent 30 M Mercht G.B. U.S. 2nd Cabin
35* Mr L. Continino 34 M Mercht Austria U.S. 2nd Cabin
36 Mr W G Hitchcock 33 M Mercht U.S. U.S. 1st Cabin
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.
A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.
The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not
numbered in the original manifest.
12 Surname is recorded as "Kohnstann", but might possibly be "Kohnstam"
or "Kohnstaun".
35 Surname appears to be written as either "Continino" or "Continina".
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 290, List 28.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
29 November 2005
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