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SS Bermuda


St. John (San Juan), Puerto Rico to New York
5 February 1878

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, J. P. Angrire, Master of the British Steam Ship Bermuda, 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 Ship Bermuda at Pt Cobiels Sa ?????? from which port said Ship Bermuda has now 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.

Sworn to this February 5, 1878, signed J. P. Angrire. Before me Rszmmsky (spelling unclear).
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the British Steam Ship Bermuda whereof J. P. Angrire is Master, from St John, Puerto Rico, burthen eleven hundred sixty tons.
Colums represent: Name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, and the part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. The country in which they intend to become inhabitants is left off as all were going to the United States. There were no births or deaths indicated during the voyage.
    
 1  C. Folsem        60     Male     Merchant     United States     Cabin
 2  C. Leon          33     Male     Merchant     United States     Cabin
 3* E. Garmen???     33     Male     Merchant     United States     Cabin
 4* W. Wilm??in??    29     Male     Merchant     United States     Cabin
 5  E Masterton      58     Male     Merchant     United States     Cabin
 6  S. G. Lee        44     Male     Merchant     United States     Cabin
 7  J. E. Morton     30     Male     Merchant     United States     Cabin
 8  L. H. Gault      24     Male     Merchant     United States     Cabin
 9  Louis Thomas     39     Male     Seaman       United States     Steerage
10  M. Delisee       66     Male     None         United States     Cabin
11  D. Campbell      23     Male     Clerk        United States     Cabin
    

Transcriber's Notes:     

A question mark (?) indicates letters that were unclear.

In the Master's sworn statement the location of  where the ship was boarded is unclear.   
The last word may end in ing, inz.

3   The last three letters are unclear, may  be din, dir, dia, sin, sir, sia.
4   The fifth and sixth letter are unclear.   The last four letters; may be sing, ding, 
    siny, diny.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 102.
Transcribed by Beverly H. Beard a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 September 2002



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