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Cortez
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Wm Bennett master of the ? Cortez do solemnly swear and truly ? 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 ? the passengers taken on board of the said ship at Hallifax ? from ? has now arrived and that in said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each said passengers, the ? vesseln occupied by each during 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 manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage and the names and ages of those who died. Sworn to this Jan 11, 1871. (Signature) Before ?
List or Manifest of all passengers taken aboard the ? Cortez whereof William Bennett is master from Hallifax burthen 1246 ? tons
Columns represent: Name, Years, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they originally belonged, The Country in which they intend to reside, Died on the voyage, Part of Vessel each passenger occupied during the voyage.
1 Mrs. H.S.? Harding 38 F Nova Scotia America Cabin? 2 Benj. Hartidg? 13 M Nova Scotia America Cabin? 3 Libes ? Hartige? 10 M Nova Scotia America Cabin? 4 Rachael Hartidge? 04 F United States America Cabin? 5 Mr. James Burgess? 30 M Merchant United States America Cabin? 6 Captain Danborne (Sanborne) 40 M Seaman Nova Scotia America Cabin? 7 Mrs. Watson 45 M Auckint? England America Cabin? 8 H. ? U? Paint 46 M Agent Nova Sctia America Cabin? 9 H. L. Harding (Esquire?) 40 M Doctor Nova Scotia America Steerage? 10 M. Sales 34 M Waiter New J ? Nova Scotia Steerage? 11 W. Layma? 34 M Seaman Newfoundland America Steerage? Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 338.
Transcribed by Marlene Partridge for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 5 January 1999
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