Ship Plato
[No.8.]
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Plato whereof W^m V. Holmes is Captain from Hamburg, burthen 300.92/95 tons, and owned by John Welsh of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants.
1 Joseph Baun 37 male painter & gilder Westphalia Philadelphia 2 Samuel Seeling 31 male merchant Hanover Philadelphia 3 J. C. E. Brackman 33 male shoemaker Frankfurt Cincinatti 4* M. D. E. Brackman 29 female 5* Ernestine Brackman 8 female 6* Caroline Brackman 6 female 7* Edward Brackman 4 male 8* Ann Brackman 1 female 9 Caroline Hoffman 34 female 10 Joseph Richters 26 male accountant Prague Indianapolis 11 Fredrick Gauer 35 male oustler Hanover Phild^a 12 Michael Damer 33 male hatter Bayorne Phila^a 13 Fredrick Peckman 29 male weaver Denmark N. York 14* Maria Peckman 24 female Denmark N. York 15* Caroline Peckman 3 female Denamrk N. York 16* Julia Peckman 3m female Denmark N. York 17 Charles Johnson 35 male seaman U. States New Orleans 18* Ann D.C. Johnson 27 female Meclenburg 19 Fred^k W. Bock 27 male architect Saxony Phild^a 20 Fred^k W. Witzgall 21 male weaver Saxony Philad^a 21 Carl G. Berile 27 male baker Wurtemberg Reading 22 Peter Piper 34 male mason Hesse Pittsburg 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 for ease of searches. 4-8 Bracketed as family of J. C. E. Brackman. 14-16 Bracketed as family of Fred Peckman. 18 Wife of C. Johnson.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 58.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 September 2009
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