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SS Barracouta

I, John Evans, Master of the S.S. Barracouta, 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 the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at St. Kitts from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the calling of each of said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates and causes of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a projected sojourn in this country. So help me God. (signed) John Evans. Sworn to this June 25, 1884, before me. (signed) ????????

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the SS Barracouta whereof Jno Evans is Master, from St. Kitts, burthen 1082 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age (yrs. and mos.), sex, calling, the country of which they are citizens, intended destination or location, location of compartment or space occupied, number of pieces of baggage, transient or in transit or intending protracted sojourn. Since no one died during the voyage, that column was omitted in this transcription.

    
   
 1  F.H. Edmond        41  3  Male    M.D.      G. Britain   N. York     Cabin  15  In transit 
 2  E. Edmond          38  6  Female  ------    G. Britain   N. York     Cabin  --  In transit
 3  E. Edmond          10  -  Female  ------    G. Britain   N. York     Cabin  --  In transit
 4  Fred A. Edmond      7  8  Male    ------    G. Britain   N. York     Cabin  --  In transit
 5  Frank R. Edmond     5  8  Male    ------    G. Britain   N. York     Cabin  --  In transit  
 6  H.J. Finlayson     19  6  Male    ------    France       France      Cabin   3  P.S.
 7  Rev'd T. Greenough 49  6  Male    Priest    Gt. Britain  G. Britain  Cabin   5  In T.
 8  H.J. Tiffen        42  2  Male    Merchant  Gt. Britain  G. Britain  Cabin   9  In T.
 9  B. Tomasi          35  2  Male    Merchant  France       France      Cabin   3  In T.
10  G.A. Cagnanicci    45  1  Male    Miner     France       France      Cabin   7  In T.
11* D. Reras           37  4  Male    Servant   U.S. Col'd   U.S. Col'd  -----  --  In T.
12* R.G. Haliburton    54  4  Male    Q.C.      Gt. Britain  Canada      Cabin   7  In T.
13  H. Vywhuis         42  4  Male    Trainer   Gt. Britain  USA         Cabin   3  P.S.
14  F.G. Challenor     33  4  Male    Merchant  USA          USA         Cabin   5  P.S.
15  F. Prahl           40  8  Male    Merchant  Germany      USA         Cabin  20  P.S.
16  A. Prahl           33  1  Female  ------    Germany      USA         Cabin  --   
17  G.A. Prahl          7  8  Male    ------    Bolivar      USA         Cabin  --   
18  Z.F. Prahl          5  6  Female  ------    Bolivar      USA         Cabin  --   
19  F.A. Prahl          3  2  Male    ------    Trinidad     USA         Cabin  --   
20  G.A. Prahl          1  7  Male    ------    Trinidad     USA         Cabin  --   
21  T.C. Philips       31  9  Male    Merchant  Barbados     USA         Cabin   9
22  T.M. Field         34  8  Male    Merchant  USA          USA         Cabin  13
23  L.J. Field         27  2  Female  ------    Trinidad     USA         Cabin  --
24  J.J. Field         10  5  Female  ------    Trinidad     USA         Cabin  --
25  H.L. Field          9  3  Female  ------    Trinidad     USA         Cabin  --
26  G.R. Field          7 10  Male    ------    Trinidad     USA         Cabin  --
27  H.B. Philipps      33  6  Male    Merchant  Barbados     USA         Cabin   8
28  E. Philipps        30  1  Female  ------    Barbados     USA         Cabin  --
29  Ida Philipps        3  8  Female  ------    Trinidad     USA         Cabin  --
30* F. Ramos, Jr.      31  2  Male    Merchant  Demerara     USA         Cabin   5
31  W.G. Gordon        36  3  Male    Merchant  G. Britain   USA         Cabin   5

						     
    
Transcriber's Notes:
     
  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting
  of the manifest or something that the reader should note.

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be 
  transcribed definitely.

  "P.S." or "In T." entered in the column "transient or in transit or intending 
  protracted sojourn" likely means "Protracted Sojourn" and "In transit", respectively.

  Although no entry is made for passengers 16-31 in the column "transient or in 
  transit or intending protracted sojourn", it is likely from the context that 
  they intend a protracted sojourn in the USA.


 11  "U.S. Col'd" entered in both of the columns "country of citizenship" and 
     "intended destination" likely implies that this man was a black American who
     was the servant of passenger #10.  The location of his compartment was not
     noted.
 12  "Q.C." entered in the calling column likely implies "Queen's Counsel". In 
     England and Canada, Queen's Counsel is a senior barrister ranking above other 
     members of the bar.
 30  Country of citizenship of "Demerara" is probably Demerara, Guyana.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 478, List 775.

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