SS Walla Walla
I, Thos Wallace, Master of the Walla Walla 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 Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, 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) Thos Wallace
Sworn to this 19 day of Dec 1893, before me, Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Walla Walla whereof Thoa Wallace is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons
CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Collector's Office Dec 15 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS Walla Walla from U.S. ports of this District Two, from Victoria, B.C., ______ in transit to China_________, Total Two
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. Dec 15, 1893. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature) Chas Miller, Deputy Collector of Customs
Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 19 day of Dec 1893 (signature) JJ Tobin, Deputy Collector of Customs
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 Ah Jim 28 Cook Port Townsend 5'4" Small moles on right side of neck 2* Chin Lung 45 laborer Coupeville 5'8½" Scar in center of forehead 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 first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list. The next three paragraphs are two separate stamps placed on the body of the page and then completed. 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 cover sheet for this list has two stamps. Inspector Presbury land the within named Chinese passneger on identification. I certify that I have landed the within named chinese(sic) persons (signature) WW Presbury The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in the table: No of Certificate=no entries Complexion=Yellow Color of Eyes=Dark If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries 2 Coupeville is on Whidby Island in Puget Sound.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 2, Manifest 9416-1.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
9 September 2002