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Ship Roanoke


Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11 September 1840

Printed for Barnes and Carroll, Ship and Custom House Brokers,
No. 119 South Second Street, Philadelphia, by J. Young
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Roanoke whereof Tho^s J. Watson is Captain from Rio de Janeiro, burthen 318 68/95 tons, and owned by Jn^o M^cCrea of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger numbers*, names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong*, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants*.
                                           
    1   W. J.           Powell     32  male     doctor
    2*  ???le           King       22  male     U.S. Navy  
    3*  ?               Reynolds   21  male     merch^t
    4*  ?ug??           Shalery?   31  male  }  seamen all  
    5   Jn^o            Douglas    38  male  }  citizens?
    6   Jn^o            Ca?lule?   40  male  }  to the
    7   Jn^o            M^cDonald  40  male  }  U.State Service?
    8   Silas           Brewer     25  male  }
    9   W^m             Ludlow     25  male  }  
   10   Dan             Everett    30  male  } 
   11   Rob^t           Edwards    28  male  }
   

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 were from and intended to reside in the U.States.


 2, 3 and 4   Left hand edge of manifest was ragged making given names unreadable.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 57.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 August 2009



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