Immigrant Ships
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Bark Amazon

Cardiff, Wales to New York
10 November 1851

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Wm. Thompson do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, is now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District 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 Bark Amazon whereof I am Master, from Cardiff Sworn to this tenth Novn.* 1851 So help me God. Wm. Thompson before me Wm ????
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bark Amazon whereof Wm. Thompson is Master, from Cardiff burthen (blank) tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong. The country in which they intend to become inhabitants. Died on voyage. 
1* Wm.       Bufford     40  Male Cabinetmaker   England         United States
2* Mrs.      Bufford     30  Fe   wife           England         United States
3  child     Bufford     18m      child          England         United States
4  Edwain    Hageman     30       Apothecary     United States   United States
5  Mary Anne Murphy      25                      Ireland         United States
6  Catherine Murphy      28                                      United States
7* Walter    Ruleigh     29       Doctor         United States   United States
8* Char      Hopkins     28       Painter        United States   United States
9  Edwin     Eastman     18       Seaman         United States   United States


Transcriber's notes:
* The date November is spelled Nov. with the n higher.
* In the column for sex the captain wrote the first two and then 
  left this column blank.
* There were no deaths on the voyage so this column is left off.
# 1 Wm. is not written out as William.
# 3 Fe is this way on the manifest not that I transcribed it that way.
# 7 Buleigh could also be Burleigh, Burleigh, Budeigh
# 8 Char is written as the abbreviation for Charles
National Archives and Records Administration: Film #237, Reel #107, List 1641.
Transcribed by Bette Dew a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 July 2000


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