Immigrant Ships
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Bark Ironsides

I, Geo H Japley, Master of the Bark Ironsides, 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 Bark at Salt Cay, from which Port the said Bark 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) G H Japley.

Sworn to this 12th May 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Bark Ironsides whereof Geo H Japley is Master, from Salt Cay, burthen 50 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage, and a notation if the passenger died during the voyage.

               
 
  1  W Wilson          28    Male    Merchant    U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  2  Jas Monard        16    Male    Clerk       U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  3  J Atkins          37    Male    Merchant    U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  4* C. Spai?          18    Male    Merchant    U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  5  P. Smith          19    Male    Merchant    U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  6  T Jones           21    Male    Merchant    U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
  7* M Merton          42    Male    Merchant    U.S.    U.S.    Cabin
      

  Transcriber's Notes:

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

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

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.


  4  The final letter of passenger's surname is not carefully formed and cannot be
     deciphered with certainty.  Surname is possibly "Spain", "Spaik" or "Spait".
  7  Surname is either "Merton" or "Martin".
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 294, List 421.

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