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Brig Athenian
I Charles R Shipman 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 belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Brig Athenian whereof I am Master from Carthagena. So help me God. (Signed) Charles R. Shipman
Sworn to, the December 1^st 1827 Before me, ??????? DC
LIST OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Athenian whereof Charles R. Shipman is Master, from Carthagena, Burthen 148 59/95 Tons.
Columns represent: Names; Age (Years/Months); Sex; Occupation; The Country to which they severally belong; The Country in which they intend to become inhabitants; Died on the Voyage. (The column Died on the Voyage has no entries; therefore this column is omitted. The sub-column Months only has marks indicating no entry, therefore it is omitted.)
1 D^r Samuel Griffith 28 Male Surgeon England England
2* Doct Benard Dusty 30 Male Surgeon France France
3 Lewis Omanoa Esq 30 Male Gentleman Columbia France
4 Mrs Wellsey 25 Female Lady Columbia England
5* John Fowler & Seaman
6* Benjamin Tettan Seaman
(Signed) Charles R. Shipman
Transcriber's Notes:
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original
recorder; or a clarification by the transcriber.
The use of a caret ^ indicates the following letters in that word are
superscripted.
Passenger Notes:
2: Given name may be Berard
5 & 6: After the names is a bracket indicating both are Consuls Men, followed
by another bracket indicating both are Seaman. There is no entry under
either Country column for these two men; also no age is given.
6: Surname may be Teltan
Collector of Customs (in the sworn statement): Name is indecipherable. It
may begin with MO and may end with the abbreviation DC which would stand
for Deputy Collector.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 11.
LDS FHL Film #0002256, #778.
Transcribed by Carolyn "Cari" McQuaid Thomas a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
with Proofreading assistance by James Robertson
5 March, 2001
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