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Brig May Perkins

I,Bay Cohone , Master of the Brig May Perkins, 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 Ship at *Manzanillo, from which port said Ship has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each passenger, 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.

Sworn to this 8-5-1848
Before Me ????????

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Brig May Perkins whereof Bay Cohone is Master, from Manzanillo.
Burthen ???? tons

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage.

Columns eliminated and the reasons why.
     Occupation---Not given
     Died on Voyage---No deaths
     Part of ship occupied during voyage---Not given.

1  Miquel Fernandez   13   M   Child   Spain   Spain
       

Transcriber's Notes:

* The use of an asterisk is to call attention to additional information in the 
  Transcriber's Notes.

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

Manzanillo could be a town in either Cuba or Mexico per the Getty Thesaurus of 
Geographic Names.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 74, List 864.

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