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SS City of Puebla
I, G Debney, Master of the City of Puebla 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) G Debney
Sworn to this day of 1893, before me,June 13, 1893 RC Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G Debney is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1713 tons
CUSTOM HOUSE, PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Collector's Office June 13, 1893 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS City of Puebla from U.S. ports of this District Three, from Victoria, B.C. none, in transit to China none, Total Three
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. June 13, 1893. I hereby certify the above to be correct and that the certificates of Victoria Chinamen have been compared by me with the Register on file at the Customs House at Port Townsend and are found to be correct. (signature)RC Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs
Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 16th day of June 1893 (signature) John M Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs
Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence*, Height, Complexion*, Color of Eye*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.
1 Ah Kim 25 Cook 5' 7 1/2" Pock mark back of right eye and
pock mark on left cheek back of nose
2 Ching Goon 39 Merchant 5' 7" Scar over left eyebrow
3 Ah Gong 28 Gardener 5' 6" Pits on forehead and top of head
Transcriber's Notes:
The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list. The
remaining paragraphs are two separate stamps placed on the body of the page and then
completed.
The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.
However, There appears to be a system of numbering the manifests. These numbers are
included in the identification of the film and reel numbers below.
The cover sheet for this list has a hand written note and two stamps. The note is:
Respectfully referred to Collector for a ruling as to the rights of the within named
Chinese persons to land (signature) SJ Ruddell, Dep Coll
Allow landing under Dept telegram of Mar 21, 1888, (signature) B.J. Jinme Dep Coll.
The stamps are:
I certify that I have landed the within named chinese(sic) persons (signature) WW Presbury
June 16, 1893
Inspector Presbury on identification by _____ (uncompleted blank) land the within named
chinese(sic) persons in accordance with foregoing order (signature) SJ Ruddell
June 15, 1893
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included
in the table:
No of Certificate=no entries
Last Place of Residence= Pt Townsend
Complexion=Yellow
Color of Eyes=Dark
If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts=no entries
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M1414, Reel 5, Section 3, Manifest 9394-2 .
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
21 December 2001
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