Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Washington

I, L. F. Timmerman, Master of the Steamship City of Washington 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 steamer at Havana from which Port said Steamship 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. L. F.Timmerman
Sworn to this December 10th, 1879, before me (signature illegible).

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Washington whereof L. F. Timmerman is Master, from Havana burthen 2618 tons.

Columns represent: Number on list, Names, Age years/months, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage (This column has been omitted since no deaths were recorded), Parts of vessel occupied by each during the voyage

 1  Cyrus W.  Field     58  Male    Capitalist  United States     United States     Cabin
 2  Mrs       Field     59  Female  None        United States     United States     Cabin
 3  Miss      Church    21  Female  None        United States     United States     Cabin
 4  Anna      Parmlee   30  Female  None        United States     residing in Cuba  Cabin
 5  Henry C.  Hall      52  Male    U.S. Consul United States     United States     Cabin
 6  Joaquin   de la Osa 26  Male    Merchant    United States     United States     Cabin
 7  Jose J.   Almirall  37  Male    Merchant    United States     United States     Cabin
 8  Francisco Campos    46  Male    Merchant    Citizen of Spain  residing in U.S.  Cabin
 9* Pedon B.  Garcia    26  Male    Merchant    Citizen of Spain  Cuba              Cabin
10  Jose A.   Dominguez 24  Male    Clerk       Citizen of Spain  Cuba              Cabin
11  Newbury   Hicks     46  Male    Engineer    United States     United States     Steerage
12  John      Helm      32  Male    Carpenter   United States     United States     Steerage
13  Thomas    Collins   34  Male    Engineer    United States     United States     Steerage
14  Carlotta  Cardona   38  Female  None        United States     United States     Steerage
15  Manuel    Martinez  48  Male    Merchant    United States     United States     Steerage
16* Domingo   Brizzi    21  Male    Clerk       Spain             Porto Rico        Steerage
17  Edward    Brixis    35  Male    Acrobat     Belgium           United States     Steerage
18  Elisa     Brixis    30  Female  None        Belgium           United States     Steerage
19  Joseph    Fey       24  Male    None        Belgium           United States     Steerage
20  Louis     Bauman    19  Male    Clerk       Germany           United States     Steerage


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
  the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
  in the transcriber's notes.


  9  Given name could be Pedro
 16  Porto Rico probably Puerto Rico

 A photo of the manifest is linked here. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 421, List 1389.

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