SS City of Puebla
I, G Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature)G Debney
Sworn to this 14 day of May 1893, before me, R.C. Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the City of Puebla whereof G Debney is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1713 tons
CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Collector's Office (no date entered) Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS City of Puebla from U.S. ports of this District seven (7), from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total 7
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. May 14, 1893. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature)R.C. Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs
Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 17 day of May 1893 (signature)M Webber
Columns represent*: Number, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion, Color of Eyes, Physical marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification.
1 Ah Gee 36 Cook 5' 5" Scar over right ear 2 Ying Sing 30 Laundryman 5' 7 3/4" Scar under right eye 3 You Dow 32 Laundryman 5' 6" Mole above Left corner mouth 4 Gum Powi 28 Laundryman 5' 4" Small scar above left eyebrow 5 Ah Jen 30 Laundryman 5' 4 1/2" Scar left side of head 6 Ah Jon 26 Laundryman 5' 5 3/4" Small scar left side of throat 7 Sow Mowi 48 Gardener 5' 7 1/2" mole in right eyebrow Transcriber's Notes: The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list. The third, fourth and fifth paragraphs are two separate stamps placed on the body of the page and then completed. The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult. However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. These numbers are included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below. The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in the table: No of Certificate=no entries Last Place of Residence=Port Townsend Complexion=Dark Color of Eyes=Dark If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 3, Manifest 9391-5.
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