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Ship Star

Printed and Sold by William Stavely, no. 99 South Street, Philadelphia

Calcutta, India to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4 May 1832

REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board of the Ship Star whereof Griffing is Master, from Calcutta, India, burthen ___ tons, and owned by W. Foster of Philadelphia and bound for Philadelphia.
Columns represent: passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, to what country belonging, country they intend to be residents.
 
 1   E. C.  Allen     21  male  druggist   U.S.A.  U.S.A.
 2   W. W. Demming    33  male  gentleman  U.S.A.  U.S.A.
 3   C. D.  Winslow   14  male             Ceylon  U.S.A.
 4   H. W.  WoodWard  10  male             Ceylon  U.S.A.
 5   Patoo  Ram       30  male  servant    Bengal  to return


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.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 47,
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 September 2008


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