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A. A. Chapman

*Ruatan (Roatan, British Honduras) to New Orleans, Louisiana
12 October 1857

List of passengers arrived from foreign ports, in the Port of New Orleans during the fourth quarter, 1857.
Vessel: A.A. Chapman arrived from *Ruatan 12 October 1857.
Captain: A.P.Laurent.
This passenger listing contained no sworn statement.
The passenger list contains eleven columns. They are headed as follows: 1,Date; 2,Vessel's Name; 3,Master's Name; 4,Where from; 5,Passenger's Name; 6,Age; 7,Sex; 8,Occupation; 9,Country in which they belong; 10, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants; 11,Died. Columns one through four have been deleted from this transcription because the information is stated above. Column eleven has also been deleted because it is void of notation. 
1  Morison, James    28    M     Merchant    United States    United States


Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder. 
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the 
 quality of the original document.

This ship carried only one passenger as stated above.

*The manifest indicates the ship is from "Ruatan". It's an island off of the 
 coast of British Honduras. Known today as Roatan.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M272, Reel 13, 4th quarter.
Transcribed by Bob DeVries a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 May 2002


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