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Brig Thomas Swann

I, Harry Robinson Master of the Brig "Thomas Swann" do solemnly, sincerely and truly (omitted) that the following List or Manifest,subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Brig at Cartagena S. A.* from which port 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.
(Signed) H Robinson

Sworn to this 14 June 1859
Before me (Signed) CSMead

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the the* Brig "Thomas Swann" whereof H. Robinson is Master, from Cartagena* burthen 200 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Space Occupied. The Space Occupied for all passengers was recorded as "Cabin" and this column has been omitted from the transcription. No deaths were recorded on this voyage; the manifest scribe used this column to include baggage brought aboard.

  1  M^rs Capt Robinson      19  female              United States N. J.        1 trunk
  2* Jose Ternian Ribo?      32  male      Merchant  United States N. J.        12 trunks, 4 ??? ?????
  3* Ana M^a Ribo?           26  female              United States N. J.        {
  4* Manuela Ribo?           25  female              New Granada   New Granada  {
  5* Rosa Ribo?                  children            New Granada   New Granada  {
  6* Thomas Ribo?                children            New Granada   New Granada  {
  7  Lorenzo Badell          50  male      Merchant  U.S.          New Granada  2 trunks
  8* Capt. J. G. ?arroun     35  ?         Mariner   U.S.          New Granada  2 trunks
  9  W^m Luitz               46  male      Merchant  U.S.          New Granada  2 trunks
 10  George Goelkel          30  male      Merchant  Germany       Germany      2 trunks
 11  John Wilkinson          23  male      Engineer  U.S.          Germany      2 trunks
 12  W^m Dobson              45  male      Engineer  U.S.          Germany      2 trunks
 13* Francisco Gastelbo??do  27  male      Merchant  New Granada   New Granada  2 trunks
 14  J. M. Lasarus           19  male      Boys      New Granada   New Granada  2 trunks
 15  Robert Duncan           16  male      Boys      New Granada   New Granada  2 trunks
 16* Servant
 17* Servant


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 below.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of 
   the original document.

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

The manifest scribe did not number the passengers; the numbers have been added by the 
transcriber to aid with referencing.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
indicated.

* Country of Port of Embarkation not specified, probably Cartagena, Colombia.  Some
  passengers are from New Granada which is in Colombia.

* The first "the" is printed on form; the second "the" was handwritten by manifest scribe.

 2 Ending of baggage brought aboard illegible.
 2-6 Surname could be Ribon or Ribou.
 5-6 Children listed on one line as Rosa & Thomas, ages recorded 
     as "3 & 5".
 8 Surname overwritten, could be Harroun or Karroun; Sex was recorded 
   originally as 'mariner' and appears to have been partially lined through.
13 Ending of surname illegible.
16-17 No other information provided for these passengers.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 193, List 548

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