Immigrant Ships
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SS Acapulco

I, Wm A Clark, Master of the S.S. 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* 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) Wm A Clark
Sworn to this 6th day of March 1895, before me, (signature) JJ Tobin, 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 New York, 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* Chan Cai Kwon  29  Merchant  Peru       Landed "I.T." Transit List 4068
2  Pen  Ying      33  Trader    Panama     Departed per City of Peking March 14,1895 
3  P    Senosar   38  Laborer   Guatemala  Departed per City of Peking March 14,1895


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 is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
  Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers are included in the identification 
  of the film and reel numbers below.

The departure port of these passengers 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 expected to travel 
   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:
 No of Certificate
 Height
 Complexion
 Color of Eyes
 Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification 
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts


1 Ticket 44 is written in the No of Certificate column. Passenger is described as in 
   transit to Hong Kong and departed per City of Peking Hong Kong March 14,1895.