I, H. Durke, Master of the Bark Elba, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear 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 Bark at Matanzas from which Port the said Bark 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.
So help me God. (Signature) H. Durke

Sworn to, this 2 May 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ?????????, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bark Elba whereof Durke is Master, from Matanzas, burthen 425 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the ship occupied during the voyage.

  1* J. Banagan         27   Male      Merchant     U.S.    U.S.    Cabin  
  2  W^m Donovan        24   Male      Carpenter    U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  3* Mrs J. Koler       41   Female    Lady         U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  

Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  with certainty.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.


  1  Surname is recorded as "Banagan", but might possibly be "Banigan".
  3  Surname is recorded as "Koler", but might possibly be "Kohler".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 278, List 361.

Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
29 November 2009

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