Immigrant Ships
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SS Shakspere

I, H. Kruse Master of the Steam Ship Shakspere do solemnly, sincerely, and truly, swear that the following List of Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered 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 the said Steam Ship Shakspere at Bremen from which port said Steam Ship Shakspere has now arrived and 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 in which each belong, 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 passenger who have died on said voyage, and the names, and ages of those who died.

Sworn to this Jany 15 1878 H. Kruse So help me God. Before me ???

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steam Ship Shakspere whereof H. Kruse Master, from Bremen burthen 1197 tons.

Columns represent: Name, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

1* Theo     Mecke       37   M   Merchant   Germany   New York   Cabin


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
   the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
   in the transcriber's notes.

1  Theo is abbreviation for Theodore

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 45.