Immigrant Ships
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SS State of Pennsylvania

I, James Knight, Master of the S.S. State of Pennsylvania, 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 vessel at Glasgow, Scotland & Larne, Ireland from which port said vessel 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.
Sworn to this 27 Dec 1876

So help me God,
(signed) (Master's name)

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. State of Pennsylvania whereof James Knight, is master, from Glasgow, Scotland & Larne, Ireland, burthen 592 tons.

Columns represent: Names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. All were, or intended to be, residents of the United States so this column was omitted.

  
  1   Lizzie Cruther          30  f  none       England         steerage
  2   Andrew Doyle            25  m  printer    Ireland         steerage
  3   E. Laughlin             25  m  clerk      England         steerage
  4   M^rs Edward Laughlain   25  f  wife       United States   steerage
  5   James M^cCloskey        35  m  porter     Ireland         steerage
  6   George Swaniston        38  m  pedler     England         steerage
  7   George Weir             26  m  engineer   Scotland        steerage
  8   Margaret Russell        25  f  none       Scotland        steerage       
  9   August Bienlannie       20  m  farmer     Germany         steerage
 10   Franz Sommerfeldt       21  m  farmer     Germany         steerage
 11   Bier Larsen Offendal    25  m  pedler     Germany         steerage
 12   Thomas Ryan             35  m  sailor     United States   steerage
 13   Charles Tom             32  m  merchant   United States   steerage
 14   Edward Davidson         33  m  merchant   Scotland        2nd cabin
 15   Miss Mary Mangies       25  f  none       Scotland        1st cabin    
 16   James Blair             38  m  merchant   United States   1st cabin
 17   James Meirola           30  m  merchant   Ireland         1st cabin

Total of all passengers (seventeen)  
    

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.

? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
  condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

^ Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406, List 1196.

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