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SS Rotterdam
I, H C Vander Zee Master of the SS Rotterdam do solemly, sincerely and truly * that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs of the Collection District of the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at Rotterdam from which port said vessel has now arrived, and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the calling of each of said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each; that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who died on the voyage, and the dates and causes of death,and the names and ages of those who died; also the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country,so help me God. H C Vander Zee
Sworn before me this Dec 18 1888 Thos J Dunn D E Plau
LIST OR MANIFEST of all the passengers taken on board the SS Rotterdam whereof H C Vander Zee is Master, from Rotterdam burthen 2360 tons.
Columns represent: No; Name; Age; Sex; Calling; Citizen; Destination; Death date & Cause; Shipboard Locaton; Baggage; Intended Destination.
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 528, List 1673.
Transcribed by James W.Kardos and Hal Rienstra members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 March 2003
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