I Michael Wise do Solemnly, Sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, Subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Philadelphia contains to the best of mny knowledge and belief, a just and true account of the Passengers received on board the Ship Plato whereof I am master from Hamburg.

signed before me: Michael Wise

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Plato, whereof Michael Wise is master from Hamburg, Germany, burthen three hundred tons, bound to Philadelphia.

Columns represent: Numbers*, Names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they belong, the country to which they intend to become inhabitants*, baggage.

  1   Jens. Peter Edward Aumont     18y6m  male    tradesman  Denmark    1 trunk clothing, 1 race?
  2   Jean               deBlaming  23     male    tradesman  Germany    2 trunks clothing, 1 brll, 1 fiddle
  3   Fridrick Phillip   Wibel      50     male    tradesman  U. States  2 trunks, 1 bed
  4   George             Geus       54     male    carpenter  Prussia    
  5   Maria              Geus       44     female  wife       Prussia    1 trunk, 2 beds, 1 gun
  6   John P.            Geus       20y6m  male    carpenter  Prussia
  7   Gabriel            Ranscher   30     male    weaver     Prussia    1 trunk clothing
                             signed: Michael Wise


Transcriber's Note:

*  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.

*  Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber to aid search.
*  All passengers intended to reside in the United states so this column is not shown.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 52.

Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
14 May 2009

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