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SS Colon

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Panama* to San Francisco, CA
27 October 1893

DISTRICT AND PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
SEPARATE LIST OF CHINESE PASSENGERS
Act May 6th, 1882
I, George MacKinnon, Master of the SS Colon 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Panama and Way Ports from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) Geo. MacKinnon
Sworn to this 27th day of October 1893, before me, N S Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS Colon whereof George MacKinnon is Master, from Panama and Way Ports, burthen 1848 tons

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height*, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*. 
1* Ah    Kwoi  31  Cook              ?     
2* Chun  Soo   37  Merchant       Panama Landed "I.T." Transit List 3159
3* Ah    Gee   37  Clerk          Panama Landed "I.T." Transit List 3160
4* Mew   Sow   50  Clerk          Panama Departed per Gaelic Hong Kong Nov 2, 1893 
5* Maria Sow   11  his daughter   Panama Departed per Gaelic Hong Kong Nov 2, 1894 
6* Ah    Yet   22  Laundryman     Panama Landed "I.T." Transit List 3160


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.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests.  These numbers are
 included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.

The departure port is listed as simply Panama.  Research indicates this is probably Panama City.

Passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp that varies depending on the disposition 
of the passenger and which is stamped over whatever information has been entered in the columns. 
Passengers allowed to land have one of the following stamps:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1893 by 
 Insp's (blank for a name). 
 Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number.  These passengers are bound for a 
  further port.
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number.  These passengers were probably allowed
  to land, but not to freely enter the country.
 Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 No of Certificate
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification
 If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts

1 There are a number of notes on this line.  "Stopped at SF."  Shipped at Mare Island Cal May 1893." 
   "Aliance cook from USS St??? for US Naval Hosp at Mare Is."  His last place of residence is illegible.
2-6 say China where passenger 1 says stopped at SF.  They transferred to Gaelic Oct 28, 1893.
3,6 seem to have the same number of Transit List.
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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2, Manifest 9410-1.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 August 2002


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