Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Puebla

I, G. Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) G. Debney
Sworn to this 24 day of Sept 1896, before me, (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G. Debney is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1713 tons

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, PORT OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASH
Sir:
I certify that the SS City of Puebla sailed Sep 24, 1896 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with Four (4) Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached. (signature) , Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 28 day of Sept 1896 (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion, Color of Eyes, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1* 7326  Ah   Kee  49 Steward    Port ?   5'3 7/8" Mongolian medium DK brown Mole left cheek on line with eye & mouth, 
                                                                             Girl on right arm & letters "Guia" on left arm
2  54589 Lee  Man  26 Laborer    Portland 5'       DK               DK brown Large flesh lump on right temple
3  54645 Chun Goey 22 Laborer    Portland 5' 2"    DK               DK brown small scar on right temple & upper edge left forehead
4  48933 Sing Yan  32 Laundryman Portland 5'1½"    Light            brown    Large scar on left temple


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
 Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers are included in the identification 
 of the film and reel numbers below.

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 paragraph and its heading is a piece of paper attached to the page.  The following paragraph 
 is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The cover sheet for this list has two handwritten notes. The first is just a fragment.  The
 usual wording of such a note is presented here in parentheses.
 (Inspector 
  Land the within named Chinese passenger on identification and) production of
   registration certificate.
   (signature) JJ Tobin, Collector
 I certify that I have this day landed the within named Chinese 4 in number. 
  (signature) R.E. Meredith, Chinese Inspector, Sept 28-'96

The following column had no entries:
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they
 have some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.

1 Last Residence is probably Portland. The manifest is torn and missing the rest of the word.

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