SS Russia
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 1876So help me God,before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) Theodore Cook
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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