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Ship L'Esperance
I T. Guilheim Master or Commander of the Ship L'Esperance do solemly, sincerely and truly Swear that the within List signed by me and now delivered to the Collector of the District of Mississippi, containing the Names of all the Passengers, taken on board the said Ship at the Port of Bordeaux or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth are according to the best of my knowledge and belief just and true, I do further swear that none of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. So help me God. Sworn before me this 10th day of January 1820. ????????? ????? ?????? ????????, Collector*.
List of the Passengers taken on board the Ship L'Esperance of Brest is at present Master at the Port of Bordeaux and bound for the Port of New Orleans.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.
1* J. B. Re???le 20 male schoolmaster France Louisiana 2 Henri James 22 male merchant France Louisiana 3* Claude Mau????et 40 male blacksmith France Louisiana 4 Sebastian Brulard 15 male clerk France Louisiana 5* Claude B?squit 22 male Baker France Louisiana 6* Jean La?ui?me 22 male schoolmaster France Louisiana 7 Jean Guimbollot 40 male merchant France Louisiana 8* Jean Fr* Bay?t 20 male merchant France Louisiana 10 January 1820 Ship L'Esperance Guilheim From Bordeaux Passenger Manifest Transcriber's Notes: The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder. The use of an ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to quality of original document. Passenger numbers were added for ease in referencing. * The word Collector has a line drawn through it. ??????? ????? ?????, Signature unreadable ???????, Collector, signature unreadable 1 J. R. Re???le, Recoule, or Rewule 3 Claude Mau????et, possibly Mauborret 5 Claude B?squit, Bisquit or Busquit 6 Jean La?ui?me, Laq, or Lag 8 Jean Fr* Bay?t, Fr, possible abbreviation for Francis, Bayet, or Bayit
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 1.
Transcribed by Karla Stanton for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild2 May 1999
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