Bark Liberia
I, M. W. Tobey, Master of the Bark Liberia, do solemnly, sincerely and truly _______(left blank) 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 Liberia at Monrovia, Liberia via S/Leone from which port said Bark Liberia 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.
Sworn to this 12 June 1876
So help me God,
before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) M. W. Tobey
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Bark Liberia whereof M. W. Tobey is Master, from Sierra Leone burthen threehundred and twenty seven tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
Cabin Passengers:
1 R. S. M^cGill jr 23 male Liberia Liberia
2 Jn^o A. Parin 32 male physician Liberia Liberia
3 Tho^s G. Fuller 38 male merchant Liberia Liberia
4 Tho^s D. Campbell 43 male merchant Liberia Liberia
5 G. D. Moore 22 male merchant Liberia Liberia
6 D. A. Day 26 male missionary U.S.A. U.S.A.
7 R. R. Collins 28 male missionary U.S.A. U.S.A.
8* Mrs. B. A. Nelson 40 female Liberia
9 Mrs. H. S. Farrow 40 female Liberia Liberia
10* B. B. Collins 28 female missionary U.S.A. U.S.A. Died 6th May
11* J. W. Turner 32 female U.S.A. U.S.A.
12 S. A. Campbell 14 male Liberia U.S.A.
13* Duncan Nelson 14 male Liberia
14 W^m Libbey 25 male U.S.A. U.S.A.
Steerage Passengers:
15* S.C. Glasgow 70 male Liberia U.S.A.
16 F. F. Deut 18 male Liberia U.S.A.
17 Britton Still 42 male Liberia U.S.A.
18 Sarah Whitfield 45 female Liberia U.S.A.
19 Mary Dent 50 female Liberia U.S.A.
20 Louise Tucker 22 female Liberia U.S.A.
21 Martha Field 43 female Liberia U.S.A.
22 Sarah Field 18 female Liberia U.S.A.
23 Elizabeth Glasgow 60 female Liberia U.S.A. Died May 25th
24 C.V. Beams 21 female Liberia U.S.A.
25 Elvira Young 33 female Liberia U.S.A.
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.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined
due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
8: Lines were drawn through all information for this passenger. "Returned to Liberia
after vessel had cleared from S/Leone" is written at the end of the line.
11: Names may be Mrs. J. M. Turner.
13: Lines were drawn through all information for this passenger. "Returned to Liberia
after vessel had cleared from S/Leone" is written at the end of the line.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404 , List 504.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 February 2006
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