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SS Walla Walla
I, Thos Wallace, Master of the Steamship Walla Walla 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 steamship, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature)Thos P Wallace
Sworn to this 4th day of May 1893, before me, R.C. Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs
Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship Walla Walla whereof Thos Wallace is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 2168 tons
CUSTOM HOUSE PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY
Collector's Office May 4 1893 Statement of the number of Chinese passengers embarked per SS Walla Walla from U.S. ports of this District Seven (7), from Victoria, B.C., none in transit to China _______, Total 7
Sailed from Victoria, B.C. May 4 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)R.C. Calhoun, Deputy Collector of Customs
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 7 day of May 1893, before me, John Dare, Deputy Collector of Customs
Columns represent*: Number, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Physical marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification.
1 Hock Toy 40 Cook Pt Townsend 5' 6" Scar over right ear 2 Wong On 41 Cook Pt Townsend 5' 8 1/2" Scar on top of forehead 3 Loy Sun 48 Farmer Pt Townsend 5' 8 1/4" Small scar over left eye 4 Ah Sing 28 Cook Pt Townsend 5' 5 3/4" Scar on top of head at edge of long hair 5 Ah Lung 30 Laborer Pt Townsend 5' 5 3'4" Scar over left ear 6 Ah Gee 28 Laborer Pt Townsend 5' 5" Scar by bottom of right ear 7 Ah Tuy 28 Washerman Pt Townsend 5' 6" Scar over left temple Transcriber's Notes:
The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list. The third and fourth 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: Respectfully referred to Collector for a ruling as to the rights of the within named Chinese persons to land (signature) S.J. Ruddell, Dep Ch????? The evidence being satisfactory that the within described Chinese taken on board at Port Townsend and has not been ashore at any foreign port since this can be landed under Dept telegram of Mar 21, 1888, leaving the question as to their being illegally in the US to be ?? under the law system as prescribed in the restriction list. (signature) B.J. J?me Dep Col. There are two stamps placed on the cover sheet and then completed: Inspector Presbury on identification by (uncompleted blank) land the within named chinese(sic) persons in accordance with foregoing order (signature) SJ Ruddell I certify that I have landed the within named chinese(sic) persons (signature) WW Presbury 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 9391-2 .
Transcribed by Fran Taylor, a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 October 2001
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