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SS Alps


Liverpool, England via Halifax, Nova Scotia to New York
1 April 1859

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Edward Ma????* Hockly Master of the S.S. Alps do solemnly, sincerely and truly (omitted) 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 S.S. Alps at Liverpool via Halifax N.S. from which port said S.S. Alps 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) E M Hockly
Sworn to this 1^st April 1859
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steam Ship "Alps" whereof Edward ?????* Hockly is Master, from Liverpool burthen 866 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 the voyage and this column has been omitted from the transcription.
1* Peter Stevens     27y  Male  Merchant  Halifax        British Colombia  Cabin
2  Arthur Middleton  26y  Male  Merchant  United States  United States     Cabin
3  H J Middleton     23y  Male  Merchant  United States  United States     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.

The manifest scribe did not number the passengers; the numbers have been added by the 
transcriber to aid with referencing.

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

Captain's middle name not clear, could be Mawdsley.

1 Destination as written.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 207
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 June 2006



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