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Steamer Corsica

I, Frederick Le Messurier, Master of the "Corsica", 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 Steamer at Havana from which Port the said Vessel 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) F. Le Messurier

Sworn to this 18th February 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ???????, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the "Corsica" whereof Le Messurier is Master, from Havana burthen 681 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, the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage, and a notation if the passenger had entered the United States previously.

  1* Vincenta Ma??? Sta?b???z  30    F   None         Cuba          Cuba          Cabin   Yes
  2  Frenando Escovar          31    M   Surgeon      New Granada   New Granada   Cabin
  3  Crispans Fonfoy           12    M   Servant      China         Cuba          Cabin
  4  Henry Mathison            48    M   Surgeon      U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
  5  Annie Mathison            30    F   None         U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
  6  Louisa Hamilton           22    F   None         U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
  7* George Gowais             51    M   Surgeon      U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
  8* Alfred Goodall            36    M   Mariner      U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
  9  Arthur Mitchinson         29    M   Surgeon      Gt Britain    Gt Britain    Cabin   Yes
 10  John D. Brown             28    M   Merchant     Gt Britain    U. States     Cabin   Yes
 11* Edward Gardner            29    M   Captain      Gt Britain    Gt Britain    Cabin   Yes
 12* Oscar Labelle             29    M   Clergyman    Canada        Canada        Cabin   Yes
 13* Charles Cytinge           31    M      ?         U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
 14* Thomas Connelly           32    M   Captain      Gt Britain    Gt Britain    Cabin   Yes
 15  Arthur McBride            24    M   Clerk        U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
 16  Louisa McBride            30    F   None         U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
 17  John Parkinson            24    M   Stockbroker  U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
 18  Jose Romero               34    M   Merchant     Spain         Spain         Cabin   Yes
 19  Arthur Urbahn             47    M   Merchant     U. States     Prussia       Cabin   Yes
 20  Alexander Young           38    M   Merchant     U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
 21  Henry Sterns              19    M   None         U. States     U. States     Cabin   Yes
 22* William McGibbon          28    M   Ship?????    New Brunswick Gt Britain    Cabin   Yes
 23* John Clemens              58    M   Major U.S.A. Gt Britain    U. States     Cabin   Yes
 24* Charles Braid             28    M   Carpenter    Scotland      U. States     Cabin   Yes
 25* Robert Mereuse            20    M   Bookkeeper   Prussia       U. States     Cabin   Yes
 26  Charles Finlay            36    M   Mariner      Ireland       Gt Britain    Cabin   Yes
 27  Thomas King               22    M   Mariner      Gt Britain    Gt Britain    Cabin
 28  Thomas Lewis              30    M   Mariner      Gt Britain    Gt Britain    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.

  1      Letters of passenger's middle and surname are too small and indistinct to be
         deciphered.
  7      Surname appears to be either "Gowais" or "Gervais".
  8      Surname appears to be written as "Goodsall", but might possibly be "Goodall".
 11      Passenger's full Occupation is recorded as "Captain in the British Army".
 12      A notation associated with this passenger states that "Mr Labelle Died 16 Feb'y".
 13      Passenger's Occupation is a short statement which is too small to decipher.
 14      Passenger's full Occupation is recorded as "Captain in the British Army".
 22      Passenger's Occupation begins with "Ship" followed by four or five letters
         which are not decipherable.
 23      Passenger's Occupation as "Major U.S.A." likely implies that he is a Major in the
         U.S. Army, but this would seem to conflict with "Gt Britain" being his country
         of citizenship.
 24      Surname is recorded as "Braid", but might possibly be "Baird".
 25      Surname appears to be either "Mereuse" or "Merense".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 276, List 123.

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