Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Rapidan

I, (blank), Master of the S.S. "Rapidan", 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 S. Ship at N. Orleans and Havana from which Ports the 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. (Signature) Alfred Everson

Sworn to this 3 December 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ???????, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the S.S. Rapidan whereof A. Everson is Master, N. Orleans via Havana burthen 868 tons.

Columns represent: surname and given name, 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  A Dahms            45   Male     Sea Capt.      Prussia     Prussia     Cabin
  2  J. Gonzalez        55   Male     No Occupation  Cuba        U.S.        Cabin
  3  Miss Gonzalez      16   Female                  Cuba        U.S.        Cabin
  4  Josi Bemental      45   Male     Merchant       Cuba        Cuba        Cabin
  5  Mrs Morales        50   Female                  Cuba        Cuba        Cabin
  6  M. C. Missey       29   Male     Merchant       U. States   U. States   Cabin
  7  Mr Weebeit         34   Male     Brewer         U. States   U. States   Cabin
  8  C. W. Simmons      23   Male     Engineer       U. States   U. States   Cabin
  9  Capt. Reynolds     40   Male     Sea Capt.      U. States   U. States   Cabin

                                             
Transcriber's Note:

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

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 289, List 1247.

Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 March 2006

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