Barque Backus
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Barque Backus whereof W^m C. Statesbury is Captain from Funchal, Madeira, burthen 200 22/95 tons, and owned by John B. Bernadon of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia.
Coloums represent: Passenger numbers*, names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants*.
1 John F. Gonsalves thirty two male upholsterer U.S. of America 2 Mary C. Gonsalves twenty female gentlewoman U.S. of America 3 Romana A. Gonsalves eighteen female gentlewoman Madeira 4 Antonio J. Gonsalves fifteen male gentleman Madeira 5 Manuel Macinento fourteen male gentleman Madeira 6 B. F. Ferris U.S.N. thirty seven male U.S.N. officer U.S. of America 7 L.R. Law U.S.N. twenty two male midshipman U.S. of America 8 W.C. Morris twenty eight male U.S. seaman U.S. of America 9 John G. Smith twenty three male U.S. seaman U.S. of America 10 John Watkins twenty five male U.S. seaman U.S. of America 11 W^m Smith sixteen male U.S. seaman U.S. of America 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. * Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber for search purpose. * All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 61.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 November 2009
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