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Schooner Dragon

I, L.J. Pederson, Master of the Danish Schn Dragon 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 Schn Dragon at St. Croix from which port said Sch Dragon 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 to which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belong and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant and that said List of 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 27 May 1864 L J Pedersen Before me, unreadable, So help me God.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Danish Sch Dragon whereof L J Pederson is Master, from blank burthen blank tons.

Columns represent: Names, Ages, Sex, 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. There were no deaths so that column has been omitted.

    

1  John    B   King        42   Male     US         US   Cabin
2* Geo     F   Finlcry     18   Male     St Croix   US   Cabin
3  Jaynis      Slack       26   Male     US         US   Cabin
4* Julia       Slack       24   Female   US         US   Cabin

    
Transcriber's Notes: 
    
In the manifest the word Sch is not written out like Schooner, so is not the 
error of the transcriber. 

2  Abbreviation for the name George
4  Has an umlaut over the I in Julia 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 241, List 447

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