Immigrant Ships
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SS Caledonia

I, John D. Allison, Master of the Steam-Ship Caledonia do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear 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 S. S. Caledonia at New York for which port said ??? 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 John D. Allison

Sworn to this January 19 1879 Before me ??? List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steam-Ship, whereof John D. Allison is Master, from Mediterania burthen 1595 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Ages in Years and Months, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the Vessel occupied by each Passenger during the voyage.

    
1  Matteo Marino      33  Male     Laterori  Italy  U. S. America  Steerage    
2  Vincento Grosso    33  Male     Laterori  Italy  U. S. America  Steerage    
3  Petro Mansione     25  Male     Laterori  Italy  U. S. America  Steerage    
4  Pasquale Papace    26  Male     Laterori  Italy  U. S. America  Steerage    
5  Carmineo Santella  46 Female    Wife      Italy  U. S. America  Steerage    
6  Maria Guiseppe     11 Female              Italy  U. S. America  Steerage    
7  M. Guiseppe         4 Female              Italy  U. S. America  Steerage    
8  Speranza Veidolia  39 Female    Wife      Italy  U. S. America  Steerage    
     
    
Transcriber's Notes:    
    
? indicates letters that could not be read due to quality of the original.

* The occupation "Laterori" is written out only once by the original     
  recorder, and his script record could be interpreted in alternate    
  ways.    

* Passenger numbers added for ease in referencing.
    
There is some confusion from the sworn statement as to where this ship 
departed from. It says ".. passengers taken on board of the said S. S. 
Caledonia at New York for which port said (illegible) has arrived ..", 
and later "John D. Allison is Master from Mediterania ...".  Note it says
"for New York" and "from Mediterania."    
    
The column giving months of age was omitted because it was not recorded.    
    
There were no deaths recorded, so the column headed "Died on the voyage"     
was omitted.    

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416.

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