Immigrant Ships
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Steamer Northern

I, G* W. Watson, Master of the Str Northern 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 New York, is a full and perfect List of all the passengers taken on board of the said steamer at Dundee & Newcastle from which port said steamer has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each 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 List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who have died. So help me, God.
Sworn to this 21 Nov 1881, (signed) A. W. Watson before me (signed) R????

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Str Northern whereof ?? Watson is Master, from Newcastle & Dundee burthen 2221 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age (years and months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage

Newcastle    
    
 1  John Barker        47   M    Miner        England     
 2  Ellis Jones        48   M    Miner        England     
 3  John Akewright     36   M    Miner        England    
 4  Robt English       22   M    Joiner       England    
 5  Robt Anderson      29   M    Farmer       England    
 6* Wm Simpson         24   M    F?reman      England    
    
Dundee    
    
 7  Mitchell Pearson   41   M    Miner        England    
 8* Robt Shott?n       31   M    Miner        England    
 9  Jas Mullen         28   M    Miner        England    
10  S A Mullen         26   F    Nil          England    
11  Francis Mullen      2   M    Nil          England    
12  Jas Mullen          1   M    Nil          England    
13* William Harper     24   M    Plumber      ??otland    
14* Sarah Duncan       40   F    Nil          ??otland    
15* Ann Christio       43   F    Nil          ??otland    
16* M Turner           40   M    LoomDresser  ??otland     
                                      
      
Transcriber's Notes: 
   
     An * indicates an omission or error made on the part of the original 
          recorder.    
     The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read,     
          due to the quality of the original document.    
     There were no entries in the Months column, or the Died on voyage 
          column, therefore both columns were eliminated.    
     All passengers were listed "US" as Country of which they intend to 
          become inhabitants, therefore the Country of inhabitance column 
          was eliminated.    
     All passengers were listed as "Steerage", therefore the Part of the 
          vessel occupied column was eliminated.
     G*  This looks like a G but, the Captain has signed his first initial 
          with what appears to be an A or an M.  The Captain's signature 
          looks nothing at all like a G.               
     R???? - This signature is fairly long.  No letters are decipherable.  
          It appears to be at least nine letters long to, perhaps, fourteen.    
     ?? Watson - This appears to be initials or just some scribble that is 
          written in a different hand then the balance of the list. It 
          extends from "Sworn to this..." down into the heading of the 
          Names column.    

     Passenger numbers were added for ease in referencing. 
   
      6    F?reman - This appears to be either Fireman or Foreman    
      8    Shott?n - This appears to be either Shotten or Shottin    
     13-16 ??otland - The letters are missing due to the folds, quality, etc.    
           Being this ship was from Scotland and England, it would appear the 
           word is Scotland.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 444, List 1627.

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