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Brig Liberty

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3 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 Liberty whereof John Burchmoreis is master, which cargo was taken on board at St Thomas, burthen ____ tons, built at ______ in the State of ______ and owned by Abel Humphrys & William Wales merchants at Philad^a as per Register granted at ______ the _________ 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.
 twenty one tons fustick---------John Kenrick----A Humphreys & William Wales----Philad^a  
 two & half bl bread
 half a barrel beef
 half a barrel pork

two cabin passengers
1 Henry Firehack - 2 trunks & three bags
2 M^rs Firehack
                                                signed: John Burchmora?
 Philad^a April 3, 1800
sworn before
John Graff, DCW   


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.
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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