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Ship National Guard

Liverpool, England to New York
September 20, 1859

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, G. W. Gates, Master of the Ship National Guard, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Ship at Liverpool from which port said Ship 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) G. W. Gates. Sworn to, this Sep. 20, 1859, Before me, (signed) White, DC.
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship National Guard whereof (not filled in) is Master, from (not filled in) burthen (not filled in) tons.
*Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodations 
    
   
  1 Edwin Sanford	33  M  Mechanic  England  United States  Cabin	
  2 P???? Sanford	39  M            England  United States  Cabin
  3 Lydia Gates		10  F            England  United States  Cabin
  4 C??. E. Gates	 7  M            England  United States  Cabin
	 
  

Transcriber's Notes:

* No one died on this voyage, so that column has been omitted.
* Question marks indicate letters that are unreadable on the original document.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 195.
Transcribed by Mary Grabanski for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 June 1999

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