I, G H Crowell, Master of the Sch Western Star, 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 Sch at Nassau from which Port the said Sch 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) Geo H Crowell

Sworn to, this 13th May 1867,
Before me. (Signature) ?????????, D.C.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Sch Western Star whereof Crowell is Master, from Nassau, burthen 317 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 vessel occupied during the voyage.

  1  W^m Hind          50   M   Seaman     U. States   U. States   Cabin
  2  Gav Bush          35   M   Seaman     U. States   U. States   Cabin                                   
  3  Emma Bush         20   F              U. States   U. States   Cabin
  4  Emma Schafer      31   F              U. States   U. States   Cabin
  5* Geo Masen         25   M   Mechanic   U. States   U. States   Cabin
  6  James Squire      23   M   Mechanic   U. States   U. States   Cabin
  7  Margaret Wall     50   F              U. States   U. States   Cabin
  8  W^m McHager       12   M   Mechanic   U. States   U. States   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 entry "United States" in the native country and destination country columns
  is shortened to "U. States" for formatting reasons.  "Male" and "Female" in the
  Sex column are shortened to "M" and "F" for the same reason.  


  5   Surname is recorded as "Masen", but might possibly be "Mason".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 279, List 410.

Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
26 February 2010

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