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SS Claribell

I, Augustus Ferguson Master of the SS Claribell 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 of the said steamer at Kingston JCA from which port said steamer has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex and the occupation of each of said passengers, 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.
Sworn to this 6 Otbr 1876, A. Ferguson (signed) So help me God Before me, Rm???roo? Lee*

List of Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Steamer Claribell where of Ferguson is Master, from Kingston Jca Burthen 704 tons

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to ihabit, and part of vessel occupied by each passenger, during the voyage.

    

  1 Ebanezer D Bassett       42 male    US Minister     US of A   US of A  aft
  2 Elizn P Bassett          30 female  Lady            US of A   US of A  aft
  3 Elizn Bassett             9 female  Child           US of A   US of A  aft
  4 U S Grant Bassett         4 male    Child           Hayti     US of A  aft
  5 Frederik D Bassett        2 male    Child           Hayti     US of A  aft
  6 Ellen Edwards            60 female  Servant         Jamaica   Jamaica  aft
  7 Camille Llynch           40 male    Traveler        Hayti     US of A  aft
  8 Edward A Bushnell        35 male    Engineer        US of A   US of A  aft
  9 John Herrvelman *        48 male    Architect       Holland   US of A  aft
 10 Joseph Riboul            20 male    Traveler        Hayti     Hayti    aft
 11 Louis Rnagriaux          53 male    Mariner         France    US of A  aft
 12 James Jackson            25 male    Servant         Burmuda   US of A  aft
 13 Cordelia M DaCosta       28 female  Lady            Jamaica   Jamaica  aft
 14 Alfred H DaCosta          3 male    Child           Jamaica   Jamaica  aft
 15 May DaCosta               2 female  Child           Jamaica   Jamaica  aft
 16 Maria Garcie             28 female  Servant         Jamaica   Jamaica  aft
 17 Samual Cover             23 male    Traveler        Jamaica   Jamaica  aft
 18 Jeos Cuskinson *         38 male    US Consul       US of A   Us of A  aft
 19 Jane Brown               63 female  Lady            Jamacia   Jamaica  aft
 20 Ferdmair D Schlutz       45 male    Merchant        Germany   US of A  aft
 
 Transcriber's Notes:
 The ? indicates letters or words that cannot be read due to the
 quality of the original document.
 
 The name of the witness to this sworn statement was poorly written. 
 The second letter has 2 humps then a short straight line such as an
 i without the dot, then a letter that could be a z followed by another
 letter with two humps.  The last letter could be an f or h.
 
 No. 9 Herrvelman, this name could have been Henvelman.  It is hard to
 tell if there were two r or one n.
 No. 18 Cuskinson The first letter of the first name could be a G.
 There is also a possibility that the name could be Jeoslus Kinson.  The
 pen was not picked up after the s in the first name giving the
 impression of an L but was curled down like the rest of the writer's 
 capitol C.
 There were no deaths on the voyage so that column was deleted.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 406.

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