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Brig Daylight
I, Thomas Gibson, Master of the Brig Daylight, 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 New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Brig at Georgetown, Dem., from which port said Brig has now arrived and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, and the occupation of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs and also the country of which is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn before me this January 14, 1878 (Signature not legible)
Signed Thomas Gibson, So help me God
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Daylight whereof Thomas Gibson is Master, from Georgetown, Dem., burthen 238 tons
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and part of the vessel occupied. There were no deaths, therefore, the column was eliminated.
l Dominick Kivelin 40 Male Agent U.S. U.S. Cabin
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 39.
Transcribed by Jo Schornak a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 October 2002
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