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Schooner Isabella

I, J. A. Burton, Master of the Sch Isabella, 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 Sch. at Maricabo*, from which Port the said vessel 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) J A Burton.

Sworn to this 18 April 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W M C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Schr. Isabella whereof J A Burton is Master, from Maracaybo*, burthen 147 40/100 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in the transcription.

  1* W^m McCormica    29y7m   Man   Carpenter   United States   Ilanois* U.S.   Cabben
                      Wearing apparel and banjo and 6 sponges

  2* Charles Parish   20y6m   Man   Miner       New Granada     N.Y., U.S.      Cabben
                      Warren appairel and banjo and 6 sponges

                                                          Apr the 13 1868* 
                                            (Signature)   J A Burton


  Transcriber's Note:

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

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

  The recorder of the manifest is very casual about spelling of words, spelling 
  the same word several different ways on the manifest.

  *  The port of departure of believed to be Maracaibo, Venezuela, though the name
     of the port is recorded in the manifest as "Maricabo" and as "Maracaybo".

  *  The date of arrival at the port of New York is recorded in the sworn statement
     as "April 18th 1868", yet the Captain's signature at the bottom of the manifest
     is dated "Apr the 13 1868".


  1  Surname is recorded as "McCormica", but is likely spelled "McCormick". This
     passenger's citizenship is recorded as "Ilanois U.S.", likely meaning the 
     state of Illinois.
  2  Surname is either "Paris" or "Parish".
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 311.

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