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Bark Ambassador


Yokohama, Japan to New York
8 July 1876

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, C. Prehn, Master of the Bark Ambassador, do solemnly, sincerely and truly ___________ that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said Br. Bk Ambassador at 8th day of July 1876 from which port said Bk. Ambassador has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this 8th day of July 1876
So help me God,
(signed) C. Prehn
before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bark Ambassador whereof C. Prehn, is master, from 8th day of July 1876, burthen 713 78/100 tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

  1  James Turner   21   m   clerk    Province of Quebec, Canada     Toronto, Canada     cabin      
    

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.
 
*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.


National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 97.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Lora Lee Ament, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
23 May 2006



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