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Brig Starlight

Barbadoes, West Indies to New York
3 June 1876

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Edwin Tucker, Master of the Brig Starlight, 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 Brig at Barbadoes from which port said Brig 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.
Sworn to this 3rd June 1876

So help me God,
(signed) Edwin Tucker

before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Brig Starlight whereof Edwin Tucker is Master, from Barbadoes burthen 142 2/100 tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
Cabin Passengers:
1   Joseph Forte     30   m   merchant   Barbado's   Barbadoes
2   J F Terrill      22   m   merchant   Barbado's   Barbadoes
3   Robt Armstrong   17   m   merchant   Barbado's   Barbadoes
4   Thos Cornell     45   m   artist     US          US


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.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 467.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 February 2006


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