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SS Russia


Liverpool, Emgland & Queenstown, Ireland to New York
28 December 1876

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Theodore Cook, Master of the Steam Ship Russia, 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 Liverpool & Queenstown 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 Dec 28 1876
So help me God,
(signed) Theodore Cook
before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steam Ship Russia whereof Theodore Cook, is master, from Liverpool & Queenstown, burthen 709+ 53/ tons.
Columns represent: Names, age in years and months, 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.
  1   William H. Wing                      45  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A.
  2   Ezra M. Neont                        46  m  physician             U.S.A.    U.S.A.
  3   John H. Thomas                       31  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A.4
  4   William M. Upson                     53  m  lawyer                U.S.A.    U.S.A.     
  5   Adolphe Apenhym                      23  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A.  
  6   John Wadell                          38  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A.
  7   Moses G. Rosenblatt                  28  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A.
  8   John  T. Lord                        42  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A.
  9   John S. Billings                     38  m  surgeon               U.S.A.    U.S.A.  
 10   Jennie Corning                       39  f  wife                  U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 11   Sarah Endicott                       25  f  spinster              U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 12   Jonathan N White                     40  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A. 
 13   Addison Moffat                       26  m  chemist               U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 14   Thomas D Ryan                        34  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 15   Aaron Maroe                          41  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 16   Charles S Starr                      32  m  physician             U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 17   Henry C. Beeton                      49  m  merchant              England   U.S.A.
 18   John C. Seager                       31  m  merchant              England   U.S.A.
 19   William Smith                        28  m  fish curer            England   U.S.A.
 20   William Kay                          39  m  builder               Scotland  U.S.A.
 21   Peter P. Gaskill                     33  m  gentleman             England   England
 22   Kathleen P. Gaskill                  32  f  wife                  England   England
 23   George D Welles                      33  m  gentleman             U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 24   Armandine Welles                     32  f  wife                  U.S.A.    U.S.A..	  
 25   Louis A. Morisson                    25  m  merchant              France    U.S.A.  
 26   Alexander Crown                      53  m  naval officer         Russia    Russia
 27   James R. Wilson                      27  m  merchant              Scotland  U.S.A.
 28   George Whitelaw                      26  m  lamp manfacturer      Scotland  U.S.A.
 29   Luis dePolestad                      46  m  minister plenitiary   Spain     Spain
 30   Frank B. Cornwell                    28  m  mercantile clerk      U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 31   Mary Bigelow                         29  f  wife                  U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 32   Phineas N Burton                     37  m  merchant              England   Province of Ontario
 33   William C Telles                     60  m  merchant              U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 34   Charles L. DuBois                    28  m  civil engineer        U.S.A.    U.S.A.
 35   Modesto del Valle Count deLerscondi  27  m  gentleman             Cuba      Cuba 


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 1199.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 April 2008



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