Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Petrel

St. Thomas and Bermuda, West Indies to New York
December 1, 1852

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, William Sampson, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and beliefs, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Steam Ship Petrel whereof I am Master, from St. Thomas and Bermuda. So help me God. (signed) Wm Sampson. Sworn to this 1 December 1852, Before me (unreadable signature).
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steam Ship Petrel whereof William Sampson, is Master, from St. Thomas and Bermuda burthen 730 tons.
*Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit. 
    
   
  1 John P. Knox        41  Male  Clergyman  United States  United States       
  2 George McCarty      26  Male  Merchant   United States  United States                   
  3 James Wykoff        28  Male  Merchant   United States  United States  
  4 Adolphe Goubert     46  Male  Merchant   France         France        
  5 Joseph B. Camcon    28  Male  Merchant   Santo Domingo  Santo Domingo   
  6 William Moorhead    35  Male  Merchant   Ireland        Saint Croix
  7 Joseph D. Philip    25  Male  Lawyer     United States  United States               
  8 George S. Tucker    36  Male  Merchant   Bermuda        Bermuda
  9 Thomas R. Tucker    24  Male  Merchant   Bermuda        Bermuda
 10 William S. Quile    27  Male  Merchant   Bermuda        Bermuda
 11 Louis Winser        41  Male  Merchant   Bermuda        Bermuda
                                        
(Signed) Wm Sampson

Transcriber's Notes:

* The "Columns represent..." statement was not in the original document.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 122.
Transcribed by Mary Grabanski for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 June 1999

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