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SS San Juan
I, W.G. Pitts, Master of the SS San Juan do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Panama and Way Ports from which port said vessel has now arrived, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) WG Pitts
Sworn to this 19 day of Jan 1894, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the SS San Juan whereof WG Pitts is Master, from Panama, burthen 1496.46 tons
Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height*, Complexion*, Color of Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification*, If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.
1 Loon Yuen 32 Merchant Panama Landed "I.T." Transit List 3321 2 Chen Su Leng 25 Merchant Panama Departed per steamer China Hong Kong January 30, 1894 3 Ah Sam 52 Merchant Panama Departed per steamer China Hong Kong January 30, 1895 Transcriber's Notes: * An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes. The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult. However, there appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. These numbers are included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below. The departure port is listed as simply Panama. Research indicates this refers to Panama City. The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table: No of Certificate Height Complexion Color of Eyes Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts Occupation is universally recorded as Merchant or Grocer because following the Chinese Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882 admission was denied to all Chinese except laborers already in the US and "students, teachers, merchants or those proceeding to the United States from curiosity."
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2 Vol 32&33, Manifest 9417-7.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 October 2002
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