Immigrant Ships
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Ship Excelsior

E. Mitchell Master of the Ship Excelsior from Havre being duly sworn doth depose and say, that the Report herewith made in conformity with the Law passed by the Legislature of the State of New-York, May 5th, 1847, is true and accurate to the best of his knowledge and belief.

*Sworn before me this 28 day of August 1858 Edward Mitchell (left blank) Mayor.

I hereby require the Master of the above named vessel to pay to the Chamberlain of the City of New-York, the sum of ONE DOLLAR for every alien passenger herein; except for (left blank) for each of whom I require a Bond pursuant to the Law of this State, passed May 5th, 1847. New-York, (left blank) 18 (left blank) Mayor.

Report of Passengers arrived at (left blank) _ of which (left blank) is Master, On the (left blank) day of (left blank) 18 (left blank) from (left blank)

Columns represent: Name, Age, Gender (handwritten in, not a preprinted column), Country of Birth, Last Legal Residence, Country Claiming Allegiance and Occupation and Remarks.

 1  Delalondre Pierre    33            M   France     Havre     N^lle Orleans Farmer
 2  Bastide Emile        27            M   France     Cahors    N^lle Orleans Farmer
 3* Bastide Maurice      40            M   France     Croisy    N^lle Orleans Farmer
 4  Delamotte Baptiste   31            M   France     Aury      N^lle Orleans Farmer
 5  Sapague Charles      22            M   France     Survilles N^lle Orleans Farmer
 6* Gosse Georges        32            M   France     Survilles N^lle Orleans Farmer
 7* Gosse Marie ?        34            fem France     Survilles N^lle Orleans Farmer
 8* Poureau Constantz    29            M   France     ?         N^lle Orleans Farmer
 9* Schwartz S. Francois 33            f   France     Dambach   N^lle Orleans Farmer
10  Schwartz Barbara     29            f   France     Dambach   N^lle Orleans Farmer
11  Guillouf W. Louise   41            f   France     U.S.      N^lle Orleans Farmer
12  Guillouf Hippolite    1yr    2 wks M   France     U.S.      N^lle Orleans Farmer 
13  Guillouf Mederie          7m 2 wks M   France     U.S.      N^lle Orleans Farmer 
14  Guillouf Esther      16yr 6m       f   France     U.S.      N^lle Orleans Farmer 
15  Guillouf Jaques           5m       M   France     U.S.      N^lle Orleans Farmer 
16* Kessel Laurentz      46            M   Etats unis (blank)   N^lle Orleans Farmer
17* Kessel Louis         12            M   France     (blank)   N^lle Orleans Farmer
18* Kessel Charles        9            M   France     (blank)   N^lle Orleans Farmer
19* Chavanni Joseph      21            M   France     (blank)   N^lle Orleans Farmer
20* Chavanni Eugenia     22            f   France     (blank)   N^lle Orleans Farmer
21* Weiss Ferdinand      40            M   Etats Unis (blank)   N^lle Orleans Farmer
22* Schumacher George    24            M   France     (blank)   N^lle Orleans Farmer
23* Colin Julien         33            M   France     ?         N^lle Orleans Farmer
24  Billig Antoine       33            M   France     Lyon      N^lle Orleans Farmer
25  Mayer Marie          11            f   France     Rodern    N^lle Orleans Farmer
26  Mayer Georg           8            M   France     Rodern    N^lle Orleans Farmer
27  Mayer Josephine          11m       f   France     Rodern    N^lle Orleans Farmer


Transcriber’s Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error by the original recorder 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 the quality 
of the original document.

There are a number of blank spaces in the opening sworn statement. In the first 
instance, E. Mitchell, the Master, actually signs the statement as if he was the 
mayor since the mayor’s name is omitted.

1-27 All passengers were designated farmers through the use of a descending wavy line 
through occupation. This was probably done for convenience rather than accuracy since 
children from 11 months old were included. 

Under gender, all M’s for male were capitalized; all f’s for female were not, perhaps 
reflecting a cultural bias of the period. 

Under Country Claiming Allegiance, the composer wrote N^lle Orleans which appears to 
be the city of arrival rather than a country.

 
3   The last legal residence appears to be spelled Croisy. However, Michelin’s 
    France: Tourist and Motoring Atlas that lists all of the more than 36,000 
    communes in the country has a listing only for Choisy.
6-7 There is an acute accent over the final e in the last name of Georges and Marie.
7   Marie Gosse’s gender was represented “fem.” A single letter was used for all 
    other passengers. Her middle initial could be E or L.
8   The last legal residence is illegible although it appears to be Zeshinez. While 
    the name appears to start with a “z,” a review of the names in Michelin’s France: 
    Tourist and Motoring Atlas reveals no similar name under z, s or y.
9   The last four letters of the first name were bunched together but they appear to 
    be “cois” for the complete name Francois.
16-22 The last legal residence of these individuals was left blank. There is a dash 
    in place of a town name, but its meaning is unknown.      
23  The last legal residence is illegible. It appears to be Evagucs, but there is no 
    town name in France reasonably close to that spelling.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M249, Reel 46.

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