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Brig Chipola


St Croix, Virgin Islands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
26 July 1839

Printed and sold by John C. Clark, 60 Dock Street, Philadelphia
No. 8.
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Chipola whereof C. H. Davis is Captain from St Croix*, burthen 186 45/95 tons, and owned by Jno C. DaCosta & C. K. Jare? of Philad^a and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants*.
  1   H. T.       DaCosta     32    female                    St. Croix
  2   S. A.       DaCosta     15    female                    St. Croix
  3   C.          Johnson     40    male     doctor medicine  St. Croix
  4   C.          Lucas       35    male     planter          St. Croix  
  5   C.          M^cElroy    28    male     planter          St. Croix 
  6   Henry       Kingston    10    male     planter          St. Croix
  7   W.          Neville     45    male     planter          United States
  8*  Janet       Budget      30    female                    
   

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 were numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
*  All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown.
*  Words following St. Croix in the Introduction Paragraph might be "West Indies".


8  Note in Occupation column reads "Servant to Miss DaCosta". No country of origin nor
   where she intended to reside are shown.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 54.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 June 2009



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