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John Dorcas
I, Thomas (unreadable), master of John Dorcas do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm 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 John Dorcas whereof I am Master, from Puerto Cabello. So help me God. Thomas (unreadable)
Sworn before me this 3 December (unreadable)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the John Dorcas whereof Thomas (unreadable), is master, from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela burthen 134 tons.
Columns represent: names, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country which they intend to inhabit.
1* John M?crea 28 male Great Britain U States
2* Rebecca Cortip?? 35 female Great Britain U States
(signed) Thomas unreadable
Transcriber's Notes:
No one died on the voyage.
Occupation column was blank so this column was omitted.
These passengers were numbered by the transcriber, not on original film.
Passenger #1 - It could be a period, or a small letter
Passenger #2 - The last two letters could be sz or sy or y or z.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 65.
Transcribed by Cheri Salz a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 January 2001
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