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Brig Laura

Maranhao, Brazil to New York
September 27, 1859

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Luis Manoel da Cruz Araryo, Master of the Brazilian Brig Laura do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare 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 Brazilian Brig Laura at Maranhao from which port said Brz Brig Laura 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. (signed) Luis Manoel da Cruz Araryo. Sworn to this Sept. 27, 1859, Before me (signed) White, DC.
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Brazilian Brig Laura whereof Luis Manoel da Cruz Araryo is Master, from Maranhao, burthen one hundred and (unreadable) tons.
*Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, *country which they intend to inhabit, *died on voyage, accommodation. 
    
   
  1 Martinno Hoya	29  Male     Merchant  Denmark        Cabin
  2 Josephina Hoya	29  Female             Maranhao	      Cabin
  3 T. F. da Silva Jr.  26  Male     Merchant  United States  Cabin
  4 John A. Alrandez	13  Male               Maranhao	      Cabin
  5 Joseph A. Alrandez  12  Male               Maranhao       Cabin
  6 I. Peterson         26  Female             United States  Cabin
  7 Laura Peterson       2  Female             United States  Cabin

(Signed)  Maranhoa, 30th August 1859
          Luis Manoel da Cruz Araryo   	
   		     		   
                                    
Transcriber's Notes:
   
* The "Columns represent..." statement was not on the original document.
* There were no entries in the "country which they intend to inhabit" column, 
  so it has been omitted.
* No passengers died on this voyage, so that column has been omitted.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 195.
Transcribed by Mary Grabanski for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 June 1999

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