Immigrant Ships
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SS Acapulco

I, Wm A Clark, Master of the Acapulco 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 & 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) Wm A Clark
Sworn to this 3 day of Jan 1895, before me, (signature) NS Farley, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the S.S. Acapulco whereof Wm A Clark is Master, from Panama & way ports, burthen 1759.24 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 officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1* 3141 Leong Sow 44y1m Seaman  San Francisco 5'6¾" Medium Dk Brown  Scar on left cheek
2*      Lo    Nu  33y   Laborer Panama        5'6"  Medium Brown	
3*      Al    Mas 46y   Laborer Panama        5'2½" Medium Dk Brown	
4*      Po    Clu 42y   Laborer Panama        5'6½" Medium Dk Brown


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
  or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber 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.

For passengers bound for San Francisco, passengers' names and ages are followed by a stamp 
 that varies depending on the disposition of the passenger.
Passengers allowed to land have the following stamp:
 Landed Collectors order (blank with a month and day date written in) 1895 by  Insp's (blank 
 for a name). 
 
Passengers not allowed to land have one of two different stamps:
 Landing Refused Habeas Corpus U.S.D.C. Case followed by a number.  These passengers were 
  probably allowed to land, but not to freely enter the country.
 Landing Refused Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date).

For passengers bound for a further destination there are two possible dispositions:
  Landed "I.T." Transit List followed by a number  These passengers often traveled over
   land (by rail) to their destinations
  Departed Per Steamer ______ (name of ship) _________ (date)

The following columns had no entries and are not included in the table:
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they have
 some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.

Only the first passenger has Certificate Number recorded.


1 Landing was refused.  He departed per Steamer China, Hong Kong Jan 15, 1895
2-4 Were in transit for Hong Kong. Departed per Steamer City of Peking Hong Kong Jan 3, 1895