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Brig Forest

Bremen, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
13 February 1832

DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA - PORT OF PHILADELPHIA

Another transcription of this ship can be found in Volume 1

This manifest was an unprinted, hand drawn and written one. Introductory paragraph is as follows:
I William Lawrence do solemly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List of Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the customs for the District of Philadelphia contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Forest whereof I am Master, from Breman, Germany.
List of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Forest whereof William Lawrence is Master from Bremen, Germany, burthen 191 1/2 tons.
Column headings: Passenger numbers*, given names, surnames, ages-years months, occupations, country from where they came, country in which they intend to reside, baggage
 1   Louis     Caualli    39  5m  male    maturalist   Drarmstadt en Germany  Ohio         13 trunks or more
 2   G         Hennemann  39  6m  male    merchant     Frankfurt en Germany   Ohio         bedding
 3   Hugo      Caualli    18  4m  male    farmer       Drarmstadt en Germany  Ohio         all in one family 
 4   Carl      Caualli     8      male                 Drarmstadt en Germany  Ohio   
 5   George    Meke       24      male    sadler       Bremen en Germany      Philadelphia
 6   Catinka   Caualli    20      female               Drarmstadt en Germany  Ohio   


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 search.

*  All passengers bracketed together and stated to be one family.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 47.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 September 2008

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