Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
Ship Powerful
Greenock, Scotland to New York
2 May 1859
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Samuel Nixon do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the
following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered
by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best
of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on
board the Ship Powerful whereof I am Master, from Greenoch.
So help me God.
(Signed) Samuel Nixon
Sworn to, this 2^nd May 1859
Before me (Signed) CS Mead DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Powerful whereof
Samuel Nixon is Master, from (omitted) burthen (omitted) tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally
belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants and Died on the Voyage. The Destination
for all passengers was recorded as "United States" and there were no deaths recorded on the voyage; these
columns have been omitted from the transcription.
1 James Clark 34y male Calico Printer Scotland
2 Mrs. Mary Ann Clark 33y female Wife Scotland
3 Janet Clark 16y female Child Scotland
4 Rosa Diamond 20y female Servant Ireland
5 John Wilson 23y male Cabinet Maker Scotland
6 Mrs Magt Wilson 23y female Wife Scotland
7 James Thomas 23y male Farmer Scotland
8 James D. Stevinson 23y male Warehouseman Scotland
9 James Snedden 21y male Moulder Scotland
10 John Hay 35y male Surgeon Scotland
(signed) Samuel Nixon
Transcriber's Notes:
^ The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.
The transcription preserves the original spelling.
The manifest scribe numbered the passengers.
All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words
indicated.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 191, List 312.
Transcribed by Judy Caine
a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
27 August 2006
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