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Steamer South America

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York
22 January 1868

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, E L Tinklepaugh, Master of the Str "South America", 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 Str "South America" at Rio de Janeiro from which Port the said "South America" 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 L Tinklepaugh

Sworn to this 22nd January 1868,
Before me. (Signature) ? ???????, D.C..
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Str "South America" whereof Tinklepaugh is Master, from Rio de Janeiro burthen 2150 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  Tho^s G. Hayes        35   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
  2  The^o F Jones         25   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
  3  Lieut. F F Baury      24   M   Mariner    U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
  4* Lieut. J B Coghlin    23   M   Mariner    U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
  5  H. Keiswelter         32   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
  6  Capt W Alexander      54   M   Mariner    U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
  7* Lewis Balch           ?1   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
  8* Francis Laforge       20   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
  9  T B Barrett           31   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
 10  Ja^s Orten            35   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
 11  A B Kline             37   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
 12  G Briggs              58   M   Mariner    U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
 13  A D S Fenner          30   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
 14  F H Nichols           38   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
 15  M Jones               35   M   Merchant   U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   1st Cabin
 16  H Inteman             16   M   None       U.S. of A.   U.S. of A.   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.


  4  Surname is recorded as "Coghlin", but might possibly be "Coghlan" or "Coughlan".
  7  First digit of passenger's Age cannot be deciphered.
  8  Surname is either "Laforge" or "Lafarge".
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 290, List 45.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 December 2005

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