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Brig James

Kingston, Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 April 1800

No. 1 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 James whereof Tho^s Williams is master, which cargo was taken on board at Kingston, Jam^a burthen 147 +87/95 tons, built at Philad^a in the State of Penn^a and owned by ________ merchants at ________ as per Register granted at Philad^a the 22^d day of December 1798 and bound for ________.
Column headings are: 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.
P&C   eighty three hhds sugar----------------Bahmas?-------------Braga? & ?------Philadelphia
T     one ? two half ?, two blls          }
      & one hundred fifty bags coffee     }                      B & J Bohlen
      six cannon carriages to Comple??
      two blls sugar
      five blls fruit 3 present  M. Liston British Minister J. Palmer
 
Sea Stores -- none

   Cabin passengers
1*   C Harny ---tow trunks, cloos
2    J Balmar---one trunk cloos
3*   H Taylor---tow cloos

                                          signed: Tho^s Williams


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.

*  Passengers were numbered by the transcriber for ease of referencing.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.


1 & 3: tow should probably be two.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 1.
Transcribed by Harry Green, formatted by Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 May 2008


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