SS City of Puebla
I, R. Jepsen, 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) R. Jepsen
Sworn to this 3rd day of Feby 1898, 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 R. Jepsen 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 Feb 3, 1896 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with One (1) Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached. (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector
Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 7th day of February 1898 (signature), 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, 68260, Fun On, 33y, Laborer, Seattle, 5'3½",Medium, Brown, scar on top head, scar on forehead,
scar on right side head, large lump thumb right hand
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 following
paragraphs are separate stamps placed on the body of the page and then completed.
The list has two handwritten notes.
I hereby certify that the within described Chinese has not been landed since coming on board.
(signature) R. Jepson, Master
The above Chinese landed by me this day Feb 7/1898.
(signature) T Eagar
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.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 6, Section 3, Vol. 38 & 39, Manifest 9612-2.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
26 February 2008
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