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Bark Eliza Barss

I, O Cooper Master of the Bark "Eliza Barss" 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 E Barss at Bermuda from which port said E Barss 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) Orville Cooper

Sworn to this 6 of August 1859
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bark "Eliza Barss" whereof O Cooper is Master, from Bermuda burthen 247 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  Inglis Sough     22  male    druggist      Bermuda        United States  Cabin
 2  George Hill      28  male    grocer        Bermuda        Bermuda        Cabin
 3* John Rogan       35  male    tradesman     Grt Britian    United States  Cabin
 4  Wm Rogan         10  male                  Grt Britian    United States  Cabin
 5  Edward Kreisler  25  male    merchant      United States  United States  Cabin
 6  Benjamin White   35  male    sail maker    United States  United States  Cabin
 7  John Reas        40  male    doctor        Grt Britian    Grt Britian    Cabin
 8  Margaret White   27  female  lady          United States  United States  Cabin
 9  Maria Worika     30  female  colored lady  Bermuda        Bermuda        Cabin
10  Solomon Bean     25  male    servant       Bermuda        Bermuda        Cabin

                                                        (signed) Orville Cooper


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 below.

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

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.

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

3 Manifest scribe consistently spelled Great Britain as Grt Britian.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 194, List 777

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