Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Schooner Director

I M^l Labou?sse* do solemnly, sincerely and truly Sware [sic] that the following List or Manifest of Passengers subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Sch^r Director?* whereof I am Master, from Mayagues So help me God. [signed:] M^l Laboursse

Sworn to, the 11 D^ber 1827
Before me ?????????? DC

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Sch^r Director?* whereof M^l Laboursse is Master, from Mayagues Burthen 116 64/95 Tons.

Columns represent: Names.; Age. [Years.; Months.]; Sex.; Occupation.; The Country to which they severally belong.; The Country to which they intend to become inhabitants.; Died on the Voyage. The columns "(Age) Months", "Sex", and "Died on the Voyage" are blank and are omitted in this transcription.

1 John P. Laboursse 20 Merch^t  U States  New York
                                 [signed] M^l Laboursse
 

Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an "*" indicates an omission or error made in the original document
or a clarification by this transcriber.

The use of a "?" indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to
the quality of the original document.

The use of a caret "^" indicates the following letter has been
superscripted, indicating possible abbreviation.

The name of this ship could be DIRECTORE.

The signature attesting to the sworn statement is indecipherable; it is
followed by "DC" which may indicate the Deputy Collector of Customs

The passenger was numbered by the transcriber for ease of reference.

According to the:
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online this port is now called Mayaguez,
with an umlaut over the u.

* Captain: Given name may be a contraction of Michael or Michel. Family name
  includes the "leading s" which looks like an English cursive "fs" is an "ss".

1  Family name includes the "leading s" which looks like an English cursive
   "fs" but is an "ss".

National Archives and Records Administration, LDS FHL Film #0002256,
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828.
Schooner Director, Mayagues, December 11, 1827, #823.

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