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Steamer Mercedita
Havana, Cuba to New York
20 March 1868
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Geo H Smith, Master of the Str Mercedita, 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 the
said Str Mercedita at Havana, from which Port the said Vessel 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. So help me God. (Signature) Geo H. Smith.
Sworn to this 20th March 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C????y, D.C.
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Str Mercedita
whereof Smith is Master, from Havana, burthen 857 tons.
Columns represent: surname and given name, age, sex, occupation,
the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend
to become inhabitants and part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since
no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in this transcription.
1* Bertha P?ata 21 Female Lady U. States U. States Cabin
2* Rachel ??c?e 35 Female Lady Spain U. States Cabin
3 Jno Martina 25 Male Merchant Spain U. States Cabin
Transcriber's Notes:
A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed
definitely.
An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of
the manifest or something in the Transcriber Notes to which the reader should
refer.
1 Surname is too faint to decipher with certainty, but appears to begin with
"P" followed by a nearly invisible letter, possibly "i" or no letter at all,
followed by "ata". Surname is possibly "Pata" or "Piata".
2 Surname is too faint to decipher with certainty, but appears to begin with
"P" or "R" followed by a letter which is possibly but not certainly "o"
followed by "cre" or "che". Surname is possibly "Pocre", "Poche, "Rocre"
or "Roche".
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 193.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley
a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
6 November 2003
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