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Brig Clarissa

Kingston, Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
26* February 1800

No. I. Form of a Report and Manifest for a Ship or Vessel of the United States from a foreign port.
Report and Manifest of the Cargo laden on board the Brig Clarissa whereof Alan Thomas is master, burthen 160 48/100 tons built at Jamestown in the State of Massachusetts and owned by Joseph Sims merchant at Philad^a as per Register granted at Philad^a the 7th day of July 1795 and bound for Philad^ia.
Columns represent: Line number; Marks; Number inclusive; Packages and contents; by whom shipped; To whom configured, or if to configured; Place of Configuree's residence; ports of destination.
1  P*B  1--140  One Hundred forty hogsheads of rum   ?on Palmer           Peter Blight         Philad^a   Philad^a
2  FGW  1       One hogshead of rum                  John Gantson White   Joseph Morrison      Philad^a   Philad^a
                                                                                          unreadable signature
                                                                                          no imprepment
                                                                                          letter dela^d port office
Four passengers, ????unds & their baggage
3 trunks ^ 6 boxes as below
After reprt One Bb^l  limes spec? bbl Juices -----M. Tate

Vessels Stores
 2 barrels beef & pork
 3 D^n bread
 60? lbs coffee

Passenger Names:
1  Mathias  Litaminda   1 Trunk & 1 box
2  Peppia Litaminda
3  Don Lewes Gile       1 trunk 3 boxes
4  Whatin Perres        1 trunk & 2 boxes
                                                                                                      signed: Alexander Thomas

Printed note at bottom of manifest:

If any articles of the Outward Cargo are brought back, they are to be detailed, specifying by 
whom shipped outward, and ??? configured inward.  The names of all passengers, distinguishing 
whether cabin or steerage passengers, with the description and number of packages con???? their 
baggage, or the tools or implements of a mechanical trade, and the vessel and cabin stores, 
must also be inserted in the manifest.

Transcriber's Notes:

 * Ancestry.com has this ship listed as arriving on 25 February 1800.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 1.
Transcribed by Harry Green, formatted by Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 April 2008


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