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Brig Franklin

Newport, Wales to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
15 October 1834

Printed and sold by Clark and Raser, 60 Dock Street, Philadelphia

REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Franklin whereof Howland is Master, from Newport, Wales, burthen two hundred and seventeen tons, and owned by J. A. Parker & Brother of New Bedford and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, to what country belonging*, and to country intending to reside*, and baggage.
 
 1   James         Williams    26  male    gentleman        one chest draw? c'g apparel
 2   Eliza         Williams    21  female  lady             one bedstead, three bundles kitchen
 3   Lydia         Williams     1  female  child            furniture, two bags, beds & bedding, five chests
 4   Charles       Williams    33  male    gent^n      
 5   Mary A        Williams    29  female  lady             one trunk wearing apparel,
 6   Charles       Williams     8  male    boy              one valise, small quantity stores   
 7   Mary A        Williams     3  female  child
 8   Mary T        Mahon?      32  female  house keeper     one trunk & one bag apparel
 9   Thomas        Welch       26  male    house carpenter  
10   Amelia        Stevens     16  female  tailoress        two trunks wearing apparel


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.
*  All passengers came from G Britain and intended to reside in the United States so these two columns are not shown.


 1 to 3  bracketed
 4 to 7  bracketed 
 8       Surname may be Makin.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 49.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
25 February 2009

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