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Schooner Wm Abbot

I, Chas Smith Master of the Schr W. Abbot 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 of the said Schr at Arroyo from which port said Schr 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) Ch^s Smith

Sworn to this 14^th July 1859
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Schr Wm Abbot whereof Smith is Master, from Arroyo PR burthen 180 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 Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

1  L. Gilliland  28  Male  Engineer   P.R.        P.R.           none  Cabin
2  J. Breun      50  Male  Carpenter  France      France         none  Cabin
3  A. Dain       22  Male  Clerk      Guadeloupe  Boston U.S.A.  none  Cabin


Transcriber's Notes:

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

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.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 193, List 685

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