Immigrant Ships
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Liverpool Packet

From Liverpool, England to Baltimore, August 29, 1820

DISTRICT OF BALTIMORE – PORT BALTIMORE

I, Elijah Ricker, do solemnly, justly and truly swear that the Report or Manifest subscribed with my hand and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Baltimore contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief a just and true account of all the Goods, Wares and Merchandise, including packages of every kind and witnessed which were on board the said ship Liverpool Packet at the time of her sailing from the Port of Liverpool or which have been laden or taken on board at any time since, and that the packages of the said goods are as particulatly described as in the Bill of lading signed for by me or with my knowledge; that I am at present and have been during the voyage, Master of the said vessel, that no package whatsoever, or any Goods, Wares or Merchandise have been unladen, landed, taken out or in any manner whatever removed from on board the said ship since her departure from the said port of Liverpool except such as are now particularly specified and declared in the account herewith; and that the clearance and other papers, now delivered by me to the Collector, are all that I now have or have had any way relate to the cargo of the vessel. And I do further swear that the several articles specified in the said manifest, as the Sea Stores for the Cabin and Vessel are truly such, and were Bona Fide put on board the said ship for the use of the Officers, Passengers and Crew thereof, and have none of them been brought and are not intended by way of merchandise or for sale or any other purpose than above mentioned, and are intended to remain on board for the consumption of the said Captain and Crew. I further swear that if I shall herewith discover or know of any other or greater quantity of Goods, Wares and Merchandise of any nature or kind whatsoever than are contained in the Report and manifest subscribed and now delivered by me, I will immediately and without delay, make due report thereof to the Collector of the Port or District of Baltimore and I do likewise swear that all matters whatsoever in the said Report or Manifest expressed are to the best of my knowledge and belief just and true.
I do further solemnly swear that the Register of the said ship herewith presented contains the names of all the persons who are now owners thereof and that no foriegn subject or citizen hath, to the best of my knowledge and belief, any share by the way of trust, confidence or otherwise in the said ship. and I further swear that I have delivered to the Postmaster of this place, all the letters directed to any persons within the United States, which are under my care, or within my power, were brought in the within named vessel,which I command, except such as are directed to her owner or consignee; and except also such as are directed to be delivered to the Port of Delivery to which this vessel is bound.(Signed) Elijah Ricker
So Help Me God
Sworn before me, this fourth day of Sepr 18??*
(Signed) ????. J. Hil?quallack, Collector

On board the Ship Liverpool Packet 29 August 1820 (Signed) Elijah Ricker

Columns represent: Name of passengers and baggage

    
   Passengers:
Joseph Geake & Son          Five Boxes, One Hamper, One Package
James Johnson               Two Boxes
George Weston & Wife        Three Boxes, One Hamper & 2 Baskets
George D???nap & Family     Three Boxes
George Gaines               Three Boxes, One Hamper, Bed & Bedding
Jasper Read                 One Box & Bedding
Thomas Eubank               Two Boxes, Bed & Bedding
Johathan Clough             Four Boxes, One Trunk, Bed & Bedding
Thomas Foggin & Family      Ten Boxes, Two Baskets, One old ?????? & ?????? Bed & Bedding 
William Robinson & Family   Seven Boxes, One Package, two Hampers, Bed & Bedding,
                            one old ????? & ?????
Nathan Haley                One Box, One Trunk, Bed & Bedding

Return of Passengers, and of packages belonging to them respectively.
Thirty seven Steerage Passengers with their baggage consisting of Trunks 
Boxes Hampers  and Packages - fifty three in number of them on board this 
Ship Liverpool Packet August 29 1820(Signed) Elijah Ricker

Transcriber's Notes for Passengers:

1. A ? indicates an illegible letter or number
2. One statement says there are 37 passengers on board. But only 11 passengers are named.
   It could be that they did not list the wives names or any children's names.
   Just listed as " & Family ".
3. The year numerals in the date Sepr 18?? were written in and then scratched out.

I, Charles Robinson, Certify that the within Manifest was this day ?????? ??????, as the Original manifest of the cargo on board the Liverpool Packet, whereof *Elijah Ricker Master from Liverpool. In Witness whereof I hereunto signed my name this 2nd day of Sept 1820 (Signed) Chas Robinson, Master
REPORT and MANIFEST of the cargo laden on board of the Ship Liverpool Packet whereof Elijah Ricker is Master; Which cargo taken on board at Liverpool, Eng., Burthen Two Hundred ?????? tons (Blank) feet built at Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire and owned by Messrs Henry & Alexander Kadot merchant at Portsmouth as per Register granted at Portsmouth the 15 Day of February 1818 and bound for (Blank)

Columns below are: Marks, Numbers, Number & Kind of Packages and their Contents, By whom Shipped, To Whom shipped or if to order, Consignee Residence, Port of Destination

WRRM    26       Twenty six Crates Crack?? ????         Bentley Salkeld  ????? Douglas
WRRM     7       Seven ?????? Crates Crack?? ????       Bentley Salkeld  ????? Douglas
SA       1       One Cask Hardware                      Bentley Salkeld  Samuel Rutt
E  (S)   1       One ???? Earthen Ware                  Bentley Salkeld  Mathew ?enith
P  (S)   5       Five Crates Earthen Ware               John Hyde        Mathew ?enith
G  (S)  21       Twenty one Crates Earthen Ware         John Hyde        Mathew ?enith
*        8       Eight Casks of glue                    Parker Brothers  Joseph King
       150 tons  One hundred fifty tons Sto??ed salt    Parker Brothers  Joseph King
       100 tons  One hundred tons common salt           Parker Brothers  Thomas G. Keyburn

Transcriber's Notes for Cargo:

1. Port of destination is all Blank
2. Consignee Residence is all Baltimore
3. There is no indication what WRRM, SA, E, P or G stands for in the Marks 
   column.
4. In the Cargo Manifest - the (S) symbol was actually an 'S' with a box 
   drawn around it.
5. * The item "8 Casks of Glue" has a triangle in the Marks column with an 
   illegible letter inside it.
6. * Elijah was abreviated Eli with a small h above the line.  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 1.

Transcribed by Royal A. Pritchard for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 28 March 1999

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