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Schooner Edward Sameyer

I, C E Bayley Master of the Sch. Edward Sameyer 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 of the said Sch at Arecibo, P. R from which port said Sch 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.
(Signed) C E. Bayley

Sworn to this 19 August 1859
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Sch. Edward Sameyer whereof Bayley is Master, from Arecibo burthen 164 19/95 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. No deaths were recorded on the voyage and this column has been omitted from the transcription.

1  James Finley    27   M   Mcht      Santa Cruz   United States   Cabin
2* Andrew Ke?nsy   30   M   planter   Gt Britain   United States   Cabin  


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
   the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
   in the transcriber's notes.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of 
   the original document.

Passenger numbers have been added by the transcriber to aid with referencing.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
indicated.

2 3rd letter of surname partially obscured by lower extension of
  letter 'y' in surname above.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 194, List 822

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