Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Philadelphia

I, H R Hovey 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 Duties of New-York, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Philadelphia whereof I am Master, from London.

Sworn to the 7th Feby 1842 before me M. S. [surname unclear]

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Philadelphia whereof H. R. Hovey is master, from London burthen 542 72/100 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, and country which they intend to inhabit.

  1 M Sinan              26      male    Merchant   United States  United States
  2 Edward Edwards       29      male    Merchant   England        England
  3 Wm* Claydon          21      male    Farmer     England        England
  4 ?* Claydon           26      female  Farmer     England        England 
  5 Chs* Scott           22      male    Ingeneer*  United States  United States
  6 Walter G Lockwood    23      male    Ingeneer*  United States  United States
  7 John Andrew          28      male    Ingeneer*  United States  United States
  8 John Smith           22      male    Farmer     England        United States
  9 George Parker        25      male    Painter    England        England
 10 Rbt* M??e*           21      male    Carpenter  England        England
 11 Wm* Cassidy          23      male    None       Ireland        United States
 12 N Boulter*           25      male    Baker      England        England
 13 Ths* Conklin         30      male    Ingeneer*  United States  United States
 14 Wm* Lansdell         29      male    Tailor     England        United States
 15 Ths Lightbody        21      male    Weaver     Scotland       United States
 16 John Bateson         25      male    Plumer*    England        United States
 17 John Bright          32      male    Baker      England        United States
 18 ?????* Bright        22      female  Baker      England        United States
 19 El??* Bright          8 mos  female  *          England        United States
 20 Mathew Weed          29      male    Jeweler    England        England
 21 Ann Elisabeth Lewis  32      female  None       England        United States
 22 Edward Rbt* Shifs*   11      male    None       England        United States
 23 James Albion Shifs    6      male    None       England        United States
 24 George S Lewis        2 1/2  male    None       England        United States
 25 John Wm* Lewis        7 mos  male    None       England        United States


(Signed)  H. R. Hovey


Transcriber's Notes:     

Standard abbreviations for given names:
Wm  = William
Chs = Charles
Rbt = Robert
Ths = Thomas

In the occupation column, Ingeneer is almost certainly a misspelling of Engineer.
Plumer is equally certainly a misspelling of Plumber.
Cpt. Hovey had very messy handwriting and was obviously a poor speller, so his version 
of some of the names may not be very reliable. 

 4, paper is torn at that line; first name may be Jane
10, name looks most like Moore but could be More or Mase
12, appears to be crossed out
18, paper is torn and smudged; first name may be Alison 
19, paper is torn and smudged; first name may be Ellen. Occupation left blank.
22 & 23, I'm fairly certain the 4th letter is an F and not an old-fashioned S.

Transcribed by Maia Cowan, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 September 1999

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