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Barque Potomac


Liverpool, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9 May 1843

Printed and sold by John C. Clark, 60 Dock Street, Philadelphia

[No.8.]
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Barque Potomac whereof J. Drew is Captain from Liverpool, burthen 272 tons, and owned by Baxter & Bros of Baltimore and bound to Philadelphia.
Coloumns represent: Passenger numbers*, names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants*.
 1  Isabella     Bell           25  lady          England     
 2  Rob^t        Buckenbridge   22  gentleman     England
 3  James        Hagerty        36  mechanic      Ireland
 4  Samuel       Hagerty        34  mechanic      Ireland      
 5  Charles      Hagerty        30  mechanic      Ireland
 6  Jane         Hagerty        24  house keeper  Ireland
 7  Mary         Norcross       27                England
 8  John         Norcross        1                England
 9  Joseph       Watson         40  weaver        England                     
10* John         Rees?          30  farmer        Ireland                     
11  Hugh         Worthington    53  engineer      England
12  Frances      Worthington    50  house keeper  England
13  Jesse        Taylor         21  mechanic      England
14  Cornelius    Malany         26  farmer        Ireland     
   

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 by transcriber for search purpose.
*  All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown.


10 surname may be Kees.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 60.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 November 2009



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