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Ship Underwriter


Liverpool, England to New York
11 March 1858

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, John Pratt Roberts Master of the Ship Underwriter 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 Ship Underwriter at Liverpool from which port said Ship Underwriter 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) John P. Roberts
Sworn to this 11 March 1858
Before me (Signed) M Bonne DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Undewriter of New York whereof John Pratt Roberts is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1168 32/95 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. The destination for all passengers was Utah, no deaths were recorded on this voyage, and the Space Occupied for all passengers was between decks, Second Cabin; these columns have been omitted.
  1  Samuel F Neslin    26y  Male   Joiner       United States
  2  Robert Neslin      25y  Male   Clerk        United States
  3  Thomas W Russell   26y  Male   Farmer       United States
  4  James Craig        35y  Male   Farmer       United States
  5  Bernard Snow       36y  Male   Mill Wright  United States
  6  John L Smith       29y  Male   Carpenter    United States
  7  Brigham H Young    34y  Male   Printer      United States
  8  Henry Harriman     53y  Male   Farmer       United States
  9  Philip Margett     29y  Male   Engineer     United States
 10  David Wilkins      36y  Male   Merchant     United States
 11  Thomas R King      44y  Male   Farmer       United States
 12  Peter Robison      40y  Male   Farmer       United States
 13  Eli H Peirce       30y  Male   Farmer       United States
 14  Thomas Peirce      28y  Male   Farmer       United States
 15  James H Browning   49y  Male   Black Smith  United States
 16  William J Harris   21y  Male   Farmer       United States
 17  Martin L Ensign    26y  Male   Farmer       United States
 18  Enoch Reese        44y  Male   Carpenter    United States
 19  James Andrews      21y  Male   Farmer       United States
 20  Andrew P Shumway   24y  Male   Farmer       United States
 21  John H Tippetts    47y  Male   Farmer       United States
 22  William J Stewart  43y  Male   Farmer       United States
 23  Martin Littlewood  37y  Male   Carpenter    United States
 24  Charles W Hubbard  47y  Male   Farmer       United States
 25  Caroline Davis     22y  Female Servant      England


Transcriber's Notes:

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.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 182, List 121.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 May 2005



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