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Schooner Cod Hook

Baracoa*, Cuba to New York
30 April 1878

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Russell C. Clay, master of the Sch. Cod Hook do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collections District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Cod Hook at Baracoa Cuba from which Port said Sch. has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of the 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 have died. So help me God. (signed)Russell C. Clay Sworn before me this April 30, 1878 (signed) Mr. S. Davis Jr
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Scho. Cod Hook, whereof Russell C. Clay is master, from Baracoa burthen 86.55/95 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, countryto which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit. 
  1 Richard Oaverman      34  M  Merchant    Cuba         Owner of the Carge

(Signed) Russell C. Clay

Transcriber's Notes:
  There was only one passenger.
  There was nothing to indicate what the cargo was.
* This port could also be Banacoa, but no port with that name was found.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 49.
Transcribed by Barbara Grim member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
14 June 1999

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