Brig S.C. Shaw
I, J M Shaw, Master of the Brig S C Shaw, 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 New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Brig at Porto* Rico from which port said (blank) has arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. So help me God J M Shaw (signature)
Sworn to this 11th 1862 Before me (signature unreadable)
LIST OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig SC Shaw whereof (blank) is Master, from Porto* Rico burthen 124 tons.
Columns represent: Passenger number, Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which each belongs, Part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage.
1 Thos Hutchinson 40 Male Engineer America cabin 2 Susan Hutchinson 16 Transcriber's Notes: * An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes. * I am assuming Porto Rico is Puerto Rico
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 220, List 532.
Transcribed by Janet McGinnis a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3 February 2001
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