Immigrant Ships
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Brig Garnet

I, John Heal Master of the Brig Garnet 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 Garnet at Trinidad from which port said Brig has now arrived and that 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 to which each belongs 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 passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.

Sworn to this Feby. 9 1878 before me, signed ???, So help me God. Signed: John Heal

List or Manifest Of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Garnet whereof John Heal is Master, from Trinidad burthen 236 70/100 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age(years and months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, *Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage..

    
 1* Lucius P. Sperry   51   Male   Mercer   United States   United States   Cabin 


Transcriber's Notes

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the quality of 
the original document.

The port recorder's signature is illegible.

The column listing those who died on the voyage has been deleted from this transcription 
as it is void of notation.

The Captain's name seems to be somewhat of an enigma due to the age of the document and the 
penmanship of the signature. It could be Heal, and then again it could be Neal. A close 
look under a magnifying glass did not solve the mystery.

1 Time has taken its toll on this document; as a result it's difficult to determine the exact 
  spelling of this gentleman's name. It could be "Sperry" or "Sperrey". It does have a squiggly 
  between the last two letters but it's difficult to determine whether it's an "e" or a jagged 
  "y".  
  This passenger's occupation is almost impossible to decipher due to the extremely poor 
  condition of the original document. After careful study we determined he was a Mercer. 
  (A Dealer in Textiles) we wouldn't say Merchant because there are too few letters and nothing 
  above the line as in "h" and "t". Additionally, it's not likely a Mason would be traveling 
  to Trinidad on business. But the first letter is a "M". 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 114.

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