Immigrant Ships
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Ship President Fillmore

I, Peter Nelson Master of the Ship President Fillmore 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 Ship at London from which port said Ship 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.
(Signed) P Nelson

Sworn to this 18 Oct 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship President Fillmore whereof Nelson is Master, from London burthen 872 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and this column has been omitted from the transcription.

   1  Sarah Anne Tuthill  22y 4m  female  to husband  Great Britain  America        first Cabin
   2* James ?ooster       34y 6m  male    Clerk       Great Britain  Canadia West*  first Cabin
   3* Henry Crook         40y 1m  male    ?ile? man   America        united States  first Cabin


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
  below.

? The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of the 
  original document.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

The manifest scribe numbered the passengers.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated.


2  1st letter of surname not clear, could be Mooster or Wooster; Destination is probably 
   miswritten Canada West.
3  First letter of occupation illegible; last letter of Occupation could be 'r' or 's'.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 188, List 990.

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