Immigrant Ships
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SS Alabama

I, John Deaken, Master of the SS Alabama, 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 Steamship at Vera Cruz from which Port the said Steamship 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 Deaken

Sworn to this 25 February 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ????????, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the SS Alabama whereof John Deaken is Master, from Vera Cruz burthen 1051 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  Mr Talcott             32   M   Engineer    U. States    U. States    Cabin
  2  Mrs Talcott            25   F   Wife        U. States    U. States    Cabin
  3  Chas Talcott            7   M   Child       U. States    U. States    Cabin
  4  Barnard Talcott         5   M   Child       U. States    U. States    Cabin
  5  Harry Talcott           3   M   Child       U. States    U. States    Cabin
  6  Lucia Talcott           2   F   Child       U. States    U. States    Cabin
  7  And^w Talcott           1   M   Child       U. States    U. States    Cabin
  8  Jane Tavern            30   F   Maid        U. States    U. States    Cabin
  9  John Braniff           35   M   Merchant    U. States    U. States    Cabin
 10  Lieut Com^r Gibson     34   M   Navy        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 11* Capt Clerk Hill        20   M   Navy        U. States    U. States    Cabin
 12  Mr Mettzger            21   M   Merchant    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.

  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.

  "Male" and "Female" in the Sex column are shortened to "M" and "F" for formatting
  reasons.


 11   Given name is recorded as "Clerk", but might possibly be "Clark". 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 276, List 146.

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