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SS Umatilla
I, EW Holmes, Master of the Umatilla 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)EW Holmes
Sworn to this 8th day of June 1893, before me, R.C. Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Umatilla whereof EW Holmes is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons
CUSTOM HOUSE PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Collector's Office June 8 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS Umatilla from U.S. ports of this District Nine (9), from Victoria, B.C., none, in transit to China none, Total 9
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. June 8. 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)R.C. Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs
Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this June 12, 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 Eyes*, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited oficers of Chinese Government, state facts*.
1 Wo Ching 31 Cook Seattle W 5' 3 1/2 Black mark in rim of left ear
2 Sace Dan 32 Cook Seattle W 5' 6 3/4" Small scar in center of forehead also
small scar on right temple
3 Ah Kam 42 Merchant Seattle W 5' 3 1/2" Scar 1 inch long in center of forehead
also scar in left side of neck
4 Chin Yee Lee 32 Merchant Seattle W 5' 3 3/4" Scar each side of mouth, one on nose
and large scar on left jaw
5 Jim Sam 15 Cook Pt Townsend 4' 11" Scar on left fore finger
6 Si Gee 52 Farmer Pt Townsend 5' 5" Scar in center of forehead
7 Gin Hang 32 Laborer Pt Townsend 5' 9" Scar on back of head 2 small scars
under left ear
8 Low We Do 39 Laborer Pt Townsend 5' 5 12" Pock marked scar on head above left
eyebrow and scar on left forefinger
9 Ah Chung 36 Laborer Pt Townsend 5' 7" Scar above right temple and more
on left eyelid
Transcriber's Notes:
The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list. The next
three paragraphs are two separate stamps placed on the body of the page.
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:
Respectfully referred to Collector for a ruling as to the rights of the within named Chinese
persons to land (signature) S.J. Ruddell, Dep Surveyor
Allow landing under Dept telegram of Mar 21, 1888 ? ? have sufficient evidence to ? them
or ? ? legally in the country By order(signature) A.B. Jinme Dep Coll. (The question marks
each represent an illegible word)
There are also two stamps on the cover sheet:
Inspector Presbury on identification by ______ (blank not filled in)land the within named
chinese (sic) persons in accordance with foregoing order. (signature) SJ Ruddell Dep Coll.
I certify that I have this day landed the within named chinese (sic) persons (signature)
WW Presbury, Inspector June 13, 1893
The following columns had identical entries for all passengers and so were not included in
the table:
No of Certificate=no entries
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 9394-1.
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 December 2001
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