Immigrant Ships
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Steamer Virginia

I, John Stirling, Master of the American Str Virginia, 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 Virginia at Vera Cruz Mexico from which Port the said Str Virginia 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) John Stirling

Sworn to this 26 October 1867,
Before me. (Signature) H ???????, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the American Str Virginia whereof John Stirling is Master, from Vera Cruz via Sisal burthen Five Hundred Twenty-one 9/100 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  Henry Huss          30   Male     Clerk   Germany     Germany     Cabin
  2  E. Cumieux          31   Male     Clerk   U. States   U. States   Cabin
  3  Lucy Cumieux        29   Female           U. States   U. States   Cabin
  4  Emiel Cumieux        7   Male             U. States   U. States   Cabin
  5* Eugena Cumieux       ?   Female           U. States   U. States   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.


  5  Passenger's Age is obscured by an ink blot and cannot be deciphered. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 288, List 1119.

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