Immigrant Ships
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SS San Blas

I, W.H. McLean, Master of the SS San Blas 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 Panama from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, 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) W.H. McLean
Sworn to this 30* day of Jul 1896, before me, (signature) __?__, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS San Blas whereof W.H. McLean is Master, from Panama, burthen 1496.5 tons

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*.

               In Transit for Hong Kong

 1  Ah       Yan      40y4m Merchant Panama 5'5"  Dark   Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
 2  Fu       Tong     38y1m Farmer   Panama 5'6"  Dark   Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
 3  Wang     Kalee    43y1m Merchant Panama 5'7"  Dark   Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
 4  Wong     Pianfin  58y6m Merchant Panama 5'9"  Dark   Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
 5  Wong     Loi      28y1m Merchant Panama 5'10" Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
 6  Wong     Wing     18y1m Merchant Panama 5'8"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
 7  Chong    Ah  Quan 53y6m None     Panama 5'4"  Dark   Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
 8  Mrs Ah   Lee      25y3m None     Panama 5'2"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
 9  Ah       Peng      2y5m None     Panama 2'2"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
10  Ah       Ying      4y3m None     Panama 2'9"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
11  Gee      Lee         5m None     Panama 2'    Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
12  Ah       Long     41y5m Merchant Panama 5'9"  Dark   Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
13  Ah       Hoy      32y1m Merchant Panama 5'10" Sallow Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
14  Qui      Sing     44y3m Merchant Panama 5'4"  Dark   Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
15  Ah       Shoung   38y4m Merchant Panama 5'7"  Sallow Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
16* Ah       Ling     44y1m Merchant Panama 5'8"  Dark   Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
17  Fan      Quay     35y7m Merchant Panama 5'10" Sallow Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
18* Chung    Hew      28y2m Merchant Panama 5'8"  Sallow Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
19* Yip      Nem      40y1m Merchant Panama 5'4"  Dark   Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
20  Ah       Sem      37y   Merchant Panama 5'6"  Dark   Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
21  Long     Gamon    22y3m Merchant Panama 5'4"  Dark   Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
22  Filipe   Sosa     53y4m Merchant Panama 5'11" Dark   Brown Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
23  Cecilia  Sosa     35y   None     Panama 5'3"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
24  Filipe   Sosa      7y   None     Panama 3'3"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
25  Emma     Sosa      5y2m None     Panama 3'1"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
26  Selia    Sosa      3y5m None     Panama 2'11" Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
27  Wata     Sosa        5m None     Panama 2'    Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
28  Jose     Ahale    53y2m Merchant Panama 5'11" Dark   Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
29  Ah       Ship      9y1m None     Panama 2'11" Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
30  Felix    Diaz     60y   Merchant Panama 5'3"  Dark   Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
31  Ah       Fush      8y1m None     Panama 2'8"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
32  Ah       Lan      11y2m None     Panama 3'3"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96            
33  Mrs Quong Chai    23y4m None     Panama 5'2"  Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96
34* Laurean? Diaz      8y5m None     Panama 2'10" Sallow Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96
35  Manuel   Sanchez  50y3m Merchant Panama 5'5"  Dark   Black Dep per str China, July 30-'96
              

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 departure port is listed as simply "Panama."  Research indicates this refers to Panama
 City.

The Sworn Statement is dated July 30 but 29 is written in above it. The Master's signature
 at the bottom of the page and the cover sheet are both dated July 29.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger and which is stamped over whatever 
 information has been entered in the columns. 
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1896 by Insp's (blank 
 for a name). 
 
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Landing Refused Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number.  These passengers were 
  probably allowed to land, but not to freely enter the country.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further destination there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number  These passengers expected to continue
   travel by some other means to their destinations.
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries:
 No of Certificate
 If accredited oficers 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.

16 Scar on forehead.
18 Scar on cheek.
19 Nose crooked.
34 First name has a small flourish at the end that could be nothing, an s, Laurans
    or an e, Laurane.

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