Immigrant Ships
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Ship Herald

I, Henry Duff, Master of the Ship Herald of Baltimore, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the annexed list subscribed with my name, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account, or report, of all the Passengers who have been taken on board the said Ship at Liverpool or any other foreign Port or at Sea, and brought in the said vessel into any District of the United States since her departure from the said Port of Liverpool. (Signed) Henry Duff. Sworn to this 15th April 1834 before me, (unsigned) Collector.

List of Passengers taken on board the Ship Herald from Liverpool for Baltimore.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants.

    
   
  1 John           McCarthy     22  male    gentleman  Ireland   Frederick
  2 James          Scinner   *  34  male    ????er     Scotland  Cumberland
  3 Barbara        Scinner      34  female  ????er     Scotland  Cumberland
  4 Ann Olimphia   ?         *  12  female  ????er     Scotland  Cumberland
  5 John           Cummings     50  male    servant    Ireland   Cumberland
  6 Charles        Cummings     12  male    servant    Ireland   Cumberland
  7 Eleanor        Bush      *  28  female  servant    Ireland
  8 Joseph         Bush          4  male    servant    Ireland
  9 Patrick        Bush          3  male    servant    Ireland
 10 Elizabeth      Casiday      60  female  nothing    ?         Baltimore 
 11 Catharine      Casiday      24  female  servant    ?         Baltimore
 12 Mary           Casiday      18  female  servant    ?         Baltimore
 13 Joseph         Casiday      12  male    servant    ?         Baltimore
 14 Michael        Connel    *  28  male    labourer   ?         ?
 15 Ann            ????er    *  18  female  servant    ?         ?

Sworn to before me on this 15th day of April 1834 
by Capt. Duff.  
(Signed) Jesse Hunt, Mayor.  
(Signed) Henry Duff.    
                                        
Transcriber's Notes:  
This list was marked City List.

  #2 surname probably Skinner.  Occupation tanner or farmer.
  #4 was bracketed with #2-3, but no surname was written, unless Olimphia is it.  
  #7-9 not certain if Cumberland was destination, but may be ditto marks there.
 #10-15 origin of these passengers was not clear.
 #14-15 could not tell if destination was Baltimore.
 #15 surname probably Tanner, possibly Farmer.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 1.

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