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SS Palmyra

Liverpool, England to New York
15 February 1868

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, W^m Watson, Master of the SS Palmyra, 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. at Liverpool from which Port the said Str. 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. (signed) W^m Watson.
Sworn to this Feb'y 15 1868,
before me. (signed) ????????, D.C..
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Str. Palmyra whereof (blank) is Master, from Liverpool, burthen (blank) tons.
Columns represent: given name and surname, age, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, and the country in which they intend to become inhabitants. Since there are no entries recorded in the Sex column, and all the passengers are berthed in "Cabins", and no one died during the voyage, these three columns are omitted in this transcription. 
  
 1  Geo A. Brackett         31    Merchant     United States    United States
 2  Henry Abegg             41    Merchant     Switzerland      United States
 3* Julius Von Sassew       19    Gentleman    Prussia          Prussia
 4* Vara L. Kuthmann        20    Merchant     United States    United States
 5  William L. Washington   23    Nil          United States    United States
 6  John House              20    Student      United States    United State
 7  Charles House           18    Student      United States    United State
 8  William F. Mitchell     42    Teacher      United States    United State
 9  John Gordon             34    Merchant     Scotland         Great Britain
10  Andrew Von Asten        22    Merchant     Prussia          Prussia
11  James Leishman          42    Merchant     Canada           Canada
12  John Hodge              63    Merchant     Scotland         Great Britain
13  Fred Norton Manning     28    Surgeon      England          Great Britain
14  Lewis Steinbach         40    Merchant     Germany          United States
15  Herman Heidelberger     20    Merchant     Germany          Germany
16  Benj. B Keith           41    Merchant     United States    United States
17  Mary Keith              38    Nil          United States    United States
18  Alexander Thomson       21    Nil          England          Great Britain
19  Geo. Fidler             36    Mech         England          Great Britain
20  Philip Simpson          39    Mason        England          Great Britain
21  Eliza Walker            23    Lady         England          Great Britain
                                                  

Transcriber's Notes:

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of
  the manifest or something in the Transcriber Notes to which the reader should
  refer.

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

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is
  superscripted.

3  Surname is either "Von Sassew" or "Von Sassuv".  Country of citizenship and 
   country in which intending to become an inhabitant appear to be "Prussia",
   but might possibly be "Russia".
4  Surname is likely "Kuthmann" with an umlaut above the "u", or possibly
   "Keithmann".
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 291, List 109.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley and Harry Green members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 July 2003

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