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SS Baltic


Liverpool, England to New York
19 February 1858

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, James West, Master of the Steam Ship Baltic 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 Steam Ship at Liverpool from which port said Steam Ship 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) James West
Sworn to this 19^th February 1858
Before me (Signature illegible)
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the U. L. M. Steam Ship Baltic whereof James West is Master, from Liverpool burthen 2723 8/95 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and the column has been omitted.
  1  D. B. Lee          22y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
  2  Ja^s McCreery      32y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
  3  J F. Halsted       28y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
  4* Mrs Halsted        ?2y  Female None       U States  U States  1^st Cabin
  5  L H. Bullaid       37y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
  6  L L. Patterson     29y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
  7  Robert Patterson   25y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
  8  W Cheeke           38y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
  9  John M. Botts      55y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 10  J L. Barstow       35y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 11  G W. Osborne       50y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 12  C W. Brown         30y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 13  H. L. Geary        38y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 14  J H. Garrett       38y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 15* A Dember Jr        ?2y  Male   Navigator  U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 16  W West             30y  Male   Navigator  U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 17  B Freeman          40y  Male   Navigator  U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 18  T R. Toole         28y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 19  C P. Ralli         32y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 20  M B. Jenkins       23y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 21  W A. Wakefield     23y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  1^st Cabin
 22  Fred Fall          20y  Male   Merchant   England   England   1^st Cabin
 23  E C. Morgan        20y  Male   Merchant   England   England   1^st Cabin
 24  J A. Schoenberger  22y  Male   Clergyman  France    France    2^nd Cabin
 25  Jaques Mearer      41y  Male   Merchant   England   England   2^nd Cabin
 26  John Elliott       28y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  2^nd Cabin
 27  J B. Finance       48y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  2^nd Cabin
 28  W G. Lloyd         21y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  2^nd Cabin
 29  W McClure          56y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  2^nd Cabin
 30  W Smith            46y  Male   Merchant   U States  U States  2^nd Cabin


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 below.

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

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
indicated.

The manifest did not include psgr #s; they have been added by the transcriber.

 4  1st number of Age illegible because of heavy overwriting and smearing.
15  2nd number of Age illegible because of crease in paper.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 182, List 79.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 April 2005



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