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Brig Hopes Delight

I Gideon Harden 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 Hopes Delight whereof I am Master, from Halifax NS So help me God. [signed] Gideon Harden

Sworn to, the 29^th Novem 1827 Before me ??????? DC

LIST OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Hopes Delight whereof G Harden is Master, from Halifax N.S. Burthen One Hundred Twenty 61/95^th Tons.

Columns represent: NAMES; AGE [subheaded:] Years; Months*; SEX; OCCUPATION; The Country to which they severally belong; The Country to which they intend to become inhabitants; Died on the Voyage*.

 1  Edward Bower         26 Man   Coach man    Ireland    United States
 2* John B?tt??          25 Man   Stone Cutter Scotland   United States
 3* William ?inley       24 Man   Labourer     Ireland    United States
 4* John Linne?          18 Boy   Labourer     Ireland    United States
 5  Patrick Fitsgibbens  28 Man   Labourer     Ireland    United States
 6  John Nowling         25 Man   Labourer     Ireland    United States
 7  W^m Brown            30 Man   Mason        Ireland    United States
 8  Mich^l McMirrah      24 Man   Labourer     Ireland    United States
 9  Lydia Warne?         26 Woman              Halifax NS United States
10  Mary Warne?           7 Child              Halifax NS United States
11  Lydia Warne?          5 Child              Halifax NS United States
12  Elizabeth Warne?      3 Child              Halifax NS United States
13  Henry Warne?          1 Child              Halifax NS United States
14  Sarah Nesbit         19 Woman              Halifax NS United States
          [signed] Gideon Harden


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 ? indicates a letter that could not be deciphered,
   due to the quality of the original document.

^  The use of a caret ^ indicates the following letters in that 
   word are superscripted.

*  Collector of Customs (in the sworn statement): Name is 
   indecipherable. It may end with the abbreviation "DC" which
   probably stands for "Deputy Collector"

*  The column "Died on the Voyage" and the sub-column for 
   "Months" have no entries, therefore they have been omitted.

Passenger #2 - Surname may be Battis, Batter, Batten, Butten,
               or Butter
Passenger #3 - Surname may be Tinley or Finley
Passenger #4 - Surname may be Linner or Linnen
Passenger #8-12 - Surname may be Warner or Warnen

Latter Day Saints, Family History Center Film #0002256
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York
from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828
Brig Hopes Delight, Halifax, November 29, 1827, #770