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Ship Colossus
I, Jno. Wyle, do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the Report or Manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Phila contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers which were on board the Ship Colossus at the time of her sailing from the port of Liverpool or which have been taken on board at any time since; that I am at present and have been during the voyage, master of the said vessel. And I do likewise Swear that all matters whatsoever in the said Report or Manifest are, to the best of knowledge and belief, just and true. Sworn before me, this 8th day of August 1834 So Help Me God (signed)J ????? Collector (signed)John Wyle
Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Colossus whereof Wyle is Master, from Liverpool burthen 399 21/98 Tons and owned by Thos. E. & Jno. S. Walker of Philadelphia and bound Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, *Occupation, *To what country belonging, *Country of which it is their intention to become inhabitants, *Number and Names of Passengers who have died on the voyage.
1 Bridget Collins 18 female 2 Mary Collins 17 female 3 Mary Sipple 27 female 4 Danl. Sipple 17 male 5 Jos. Sipple 14 male 6 Margt. Davis 36 female 7 Betsey Davis 14 female 8 Jno. Davis 11 male 9 David Davis 4 male 10 Mary Davis 2 female 11 Eliza. Hodgson 44 female 12 Mary Hodgson 9 female 13 Sarah Hodgson 6 female 14 Patrick Conway 30 male 15 Lawrence Smith 21 male Transcriber's Notes: *The 4th column, titled "Occupation", the 6th column, titled "Country of which it is their intention to become Inhabitants", and the 7th column, titled, "Number and Name of Passengers who have died in the Voyage" contain no entries and have not been transcribed here. *The 5th column titled "To what country belonging", contains the entry "Ireland England Wales" written vertically across the column. *Passenger numbers have been added to aid with referencing.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 49, List 121.
Transcribed by Marlene McFate Burkheimer for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 10 May 1999
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