Brig Commerce
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Commerce whereof George W. Morgan is Master from Fogo, Cape Verde*, burthen 177 50/95 tons, and owned by John Swain Townsend & George W. Morgan of New Jersey & Philadelphia and bound for Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, given name, last name, age, sex, occupation, Country belonging* and Country they intend to become inhabitants*.
1 B S Burling 36 male supercargo United states 2 Henry Shelton 36 male merchant United States 3 W^m Forrest 28 male gentleman United States 4 P. Menier 21 male gentleman Cuba 5 Anton Vervant 14 male Cuba 6 H Dautenot 9 male Cuba 7* John 26 male servant Cuba 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. ? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder. ^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted. * Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber for ease of reference. * Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is an island in the Sotavento group of the Republic of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level at Mount Fogo. The islands are located off the west coast of Africa. * Departure port shown on the manifest is St Iago. * Not shown are columns for what Country belonging and for country they intend to become inhabitants as all are shown to be Citizens of the the U. States. 7 In place of surname the following phrase was seen: "(Servant of H Shelton)"
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 46.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 August 2008
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