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Ship Wm Nelson

I, D H Wood Master of the Ship W^m Nelson 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 ship at Rotterdam from which port said ship 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) D H Wood

Sworn to this 22 Augt 1859
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship W^m Nelson whereof Wood is Master, from Rotterdam burthen 1039 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. No deaths were recorded on the voyage and this column has been omitted from the transcription.

1  Carl Friesken       56  m  Tailor    Netherlands  United States  House on Deck
2  August Hanke        28  m  Tailor    Netherlands  United States  House on Deck
3  Charlotte Hanke     26  f  Spinster  Netherlands  United States  House on Deck
4  Heinrich Fleischer  30  m  Farmer    Hanover      United States  House on Deck
5  P?ter Anderson      25  m  Mariner   U States     United States  House on Deck

                                                           (signed) D H Wood


Transcriber's Notes:

?  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.

Passenger 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 195, List 839

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