I, Orville Cooper, Master of the Br. Brig "Excelsior", 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 Brig at Hamilton Ba. from which Port the said Brig 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) Orville Cooper

Sworn to, this May 6 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ????????, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Br. Brig "Excelsior" whereof Cooper is Master, from Hamilton Ba., burthen 425 Br. 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  Hon. Sam^l C. Outerbridge   38y4m    Male    M.C.P.      English     U.S.    Cabin
  2  Peter V. Outerbridge        47y3m    Male    M.C.P.      English     U.S.    Cabin
  3  Oswell Outerbridge          20y2m    Male    Clerk       English     U.S.    Cabin
  4  Chas E Trith                14y2m    Male    Child       English     U.S.    Cabin
  5  A G Newman                  44y11m   Male    Master      English     U.S.    Cabin
  6  James P Wells               25y10m   Male    Clerk       English     U.S.    Cabin
  7* Maria Whittin               40y6m    Fem     Lady        English     U.S.    Cabin
  8* Eugene Whittin              22y5m    Male    Invalid     English     U.S.    Cabin
  9* Charlotte E Combes          30y7m    Fem     Lady        English     U.S.    Cabin
 10* C. F. Coombs                10y8m    Male    Child       English     U.S.    Cabin
 11  Eliza Gilbert               40y4m    Fem     Lady        English     U.S.    Cabin
 12  W^m Adams                   38y3m    Male    Mechanic    English     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.


  7-8    Surname is either "Whitten" or "Whittin".
  9-10   Family surname is recorded both as "Combes" and as "Coombs".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 278, List 370.

Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
9 December 2009

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