Immigrant Ships
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Nova Scotian

I, Hugh Wylie, Master of the Nova Scotian do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm 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 Liverpool from which port the said ship 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) Hugh Wylie
Sworn to this (nothing filled in) Before me (nothing filled in)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Nova Scotian whereof Hugh Wylie is Master, from Liverpool burthen 2081 tons.

Columns represent: Number on the list, Given name and surname, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, State or town to which the Passenger is destined, Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the Voyage

    
 1  W Hamilton      40y Male    Merchant       New York              New York          Cabin
 2  Joseph Wood     50y Male    Tourist        Halifax, Nova Scotia  Baltimore         Cabin
 3  T A Brown       73y Male    Tourist        Halifax, Nova Scotia  Baltimore         Cabin
 4  Miss Brown      25y Female  Tourist        Halifax, Nova Scotia  Baltimore         Cabin
 5  Miss Fetch      30y Female  Tourist        Halifax, Nova Scotia  Baltimore         Cabin
 6  Mrs Oland       64y Female  Tourist        Halifax, Nova Scotia  Baltimore         Cabin
 7  Miss Oland      29y Female  Tourist        Halifax, Nova Scotia  Baltimore         Cabin
 8  Mrs Kenney      44y Female  None           England               Brunswick Ga      Inter
 9  Clara Kenney    15y Female  None           England               Brunswick Ga      Inter
10  Nancy Renshaw   55y Female  Widow          England               Cincinnati, Ohio  Inter
11  J H Fraser      29y Male    Miner          Halifax, Nova Scotia  Baltimore         Inter
12  W^m Payne       17y Male    Moulder        England               Pittsburg         Steer
13  Mary Tracey     15y Female  None           England               Baltimore         Steer
14  Robert Liddell  28y Male    Minister       England               Chicago           Steer
15  Mrs Liddell     28y Female  Wife           England               Chicago           Steer
16  Mary Devereaux  17y Female  None           England               Baltimore         Steer
17  John Roberts    40y Male    Iron Worker    England               Baltimore         Steer
18* R Davidson      30y Male    Agricultural   England               Baltimore         Steer
19  Cath^e Kennedy  50y Female  None           Ireland               Baltimore         Steer
20* Miss Kennedy    10y Female  None           Ireland               Baltimore         Steer
21  Henry Lambert   22y Male    Fisherman      St Johns, Nova Scotia Baltimore         Steer

      21                         7 Cabin              England     4 (males) 6 (females) - 10      
                                 4 Intermediate       Ireland     0         2              2
       7  (1 U.S. Citizen        10 Steerage          Nova Scotia 2         0              2
          (6 Tourists            21 Total             Tourists    1         4              6
      14                                              U.S.A.      1         0              1
   14x50 Cents = $7.00 Collect L.S.T.*


Transcriber's Notes:

This manifest was accidentally folded at the corner when it was filmed at the NARA, so
the exact date is not shown.  Also, this ship probably stopped at Nova Scotia, but this
is not listed on the Manifest, at least on the part that is able to be seen.

The column, "Date and Cause of Death" was eliminated from this transcription as there were 
no deaths on this passage.

The "Location of compartment or space occupied" column was abbreviated by the transcriber.
'Inter' was used for the Intermediate class; 'Steer' for the Steerage class.  

The original lister numbered the passengers and provided a recapitulation at the end of
the manifest.

An asterisk (*) is used to refer to an item in the transcriber's notes, which further  
explains the entry.

A question mark (?) is used for letter/letters that cannot be read because of the quality 
of the document.  Where possible a suggestion is given in the Transcriber's Notes of what 
the letter/letters may be.

A circumflex (^) is used to indicate missing letters in a name or word. The original 
lister showed this by writing the final letter smaller and raising it above the line.

* This would represent the port fee due on the passengers.  Apparently tourists and U.S.
citizens were exempt.

18  Actual occupation is: Agricultural laborer.
20  Actual age is 10 years and 6 months.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 39.

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