Immigrant Ships
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SS Umatilla

I, J.C. Hunter, Master of the Steamship Umatilla 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) J.C. Hunter
Sworn to this 5th day of Aug 1896, before me, (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Umatilla whereof J.C. Hunter is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, PORT TOWNSEND, WASH
Collector of Customs San Francisco
Sir:
I certify that the SS Umatilla sailed this Aug 5, 1896 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with Three (3) Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 8th day of Aug 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*       Toy Yin      23 Merchant Chicago       5'5½" Yellow Dark 
2  34239 On  Wing Yit 28 Laborer  Seattle       5'2"  Medium Dark Scar on face over ear.
                                                         Mole near left corner of mouth
3  48822 Lun Soon Lip 22 Laborer  Port Townsend 5'3½" Dark   Dark Scar on the 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 paragraph above is 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 hand written notes. 
Inspector 
  Land the within named Chinese passenger on identification and judication of
   registration certificate.
   (signature) JJ Tobin, Collector Aug 8, 1896
 I certify that I have this day landed the within named Chinese passenger. 
  (signature) John Lynch, Chinese Inspector, Aug 8 1896

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 There is something written at the end of this passenger's line that is very difficult to
   read.  It appears to say "Reported to have commited suicide by hanging."

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