Immigrant Ships
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Brig Signal

I, F. C. Wallace, Master of the Brig Signal, 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 Brig at Palermo from which Port the said Brig 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. (Signature) F. C. Wallace

Sworn to, this 11th March 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ???????, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Brig Signal whereof (blank) is Master, from Palermo burthen (blank) tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the ship occupied during the voyage.

              

  1* Thos Lorker        30   M   Farmer    Sicily    U. States    Cabin
  2* Sarah Lorker       25   F   Farmer    Sicily    U. States    Cabin
  3* Nathan Lorker      15   M   Farmer    Sicily    U. States    Cabin
  4* Peter Lorker       10   M   Farmer    Sicily    U. States    Cabin
  5  Sam Ross           20   M   Farmer    Sicily    U. States    Cabin


Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.  

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The transcriber numbers all the passengers even though they are not numbered on 
  the original manifest.

 
  1-4  Surname is not written clearly, but might possibly be "Lorker", "Larkin",
       "Lordan", "Lorkan", or some similar name. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 276, List 176.

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