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Barque Philadelphia
I, James B. Ames Master or Commander of the Barque Philadelphia do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the within list signed by me and now delivered to the Collector of this District contains the names of all the Passengers, taken on board the said Barque at the Port of Marseilles or at any time since, and all matters therein set forth are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I further swear, that none of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. Sworn before me, this 11th day of June 1836. (signed) James B. Ames
List of all Passengers taken on board the Barque Philadelphia whereof Jas. B. Ames is Master, at the Port of Marseilles and bound for New Orleans.
Columns represent: surname, given name, age, sex, country to which they belong, and country which they intend to inhabit.
1 Guichard Nergina 21 female New Orleans U.S.
2 Guichard Eulali 19 female New Orleans U.S.
3 Guichard Leopold 17 male New Orleans U.S.
4 Ferand Beun? 54 female Toulon U.S.
5 Miffe John Mitchell 19 male Marseilles U.S.
6* Gros J. F. 19 Marseilles U.S.
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
in the transcriber's notes.
? A question mark indicates a letter or letters the transcriber was unable to read.
No occupations were given.
Passenger numbers were added to aid with referencing.
6 No sex was given for Passenger J. F. Gros
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 14.
Transcribed by Martha Merson for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 March 1999
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