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Steam Ship Karnak

I, Brownless Master of the Steam Ship "Karnak" do solemnly, sincerely and truly (omitted) 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 "Karnak" at Havana and Nassau N.P.* from which port said "Karnak" 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) Alfred Brownless

Sworn to this Augt 9^c 1859
Before me (Signed) CSMead DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steam Ship "Karnak" whereof Alfred Brownless Esq^e is Master, from Havana & Nassau, N.P. burthen 793 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. The last column for Space Occupied was retitled by hand to "whether Citizen or aliens"; all passengers were identified as "citizen" and this column has been omitted from the transcription.

 1  Mr. Sidney Smith          32  Male    H.B.M. Consul.  Gr. Britain  Cuba
 2  Mr. William Ryder         40  Male    Gentleman       Gr. Britain  Havana
 3  Mr. Tho^s Frees           30  Male    Stone Mason     Gr. Britain  United States
 4  Mr. Adolfo Fesser         37  Male    Merchant        Spain        Cuba
 5  Mrs. ____ Fesser          22  Female  None            Spain        Cuba
 6  Master Adolfo Fesser      10  Male    None            Spain        Cuba
 7  Mr. Emanuel Franco        37  Male    Servant         Spain        Cuba
 8  Mr. Edw^d Monckton        30  Male    C. Engineer     Gt. Britain  U. States
 9  Mrs. Amelia Stokeley      35  Female  None            Gt. Britain  Gt. Britain
10  Master Wilshire Stokeley   8  Male    None            Gt. Britain  Gt. Britain
11  ---- Sarah J. Edwards     37  Female  Servant         Gt. Britain  Gt. Britain
12* Mr. James E. Th??e        33  Male    Engineer        U. States    U. States
13  Mr. W^m Van der Kisffe    27  Male    Merchant        Holland      Holland
14  Mr. Albert Schwerer       43  Male    Merchant        Switzerland  Switzerland
15  Mr. Cha^s Goodwin         32  Male    Engineer        U. States    U. States
16  Mr. Damass Urquiola       26  Male    Merchant        Spain        Havana
17  Mr. Ant^o X. S^t Martin   40  Male    Gentleman       Spain        U. States
18  Mr. David P. Wood         28  Male    Merchant        Scotland     Scotland
19  Mr. Thomas Edwardo        40  Male    Merchant        Venezuela    Caracas
20  Mr. Jose Gallegos         60  Male    Merchant        Spain        Cuba

21  M^r. William Devereux     25  Male    Stone Mason  Gt. Britain              Died 4 of Augt.


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 use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

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.

The manifest scribe used a Germanic letter resembling 'fs'; to aid in reading, these 
have been transcribed to 'ss'.

* Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

12 Surname could be Therne or Thesne.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 194, List 788

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