Immigrant Ships
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Brig Britannia

I, F. Hotchkiss, Master of the Am. Bg. Britannia, 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 Brig at Port Spain, Trinidad from which port said Brig 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,
(signed) F. Hotchkiss

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Brig Britannia whereof F. Hotchkiss is Master, from _Port Spain, Trinidad burthen 280 17/100 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.

1    Rev. C. Cleaver     58      male     Preacher   United States   United States   Cabin
2    Mr^s Cleaver        46      female   none       United States   United States   Cabin
3    Harry Cleaver       13      male     none       United States   United States   Cabin
4    Anna Cleaver        11      female   none       United States   United States   Cabin
5    Lilian Cleaver       9      female   none       United States   United States   Cabin
6    Catherine Cleaver    7      female   none       United States   United States   Cabin
7*   C. O. Bilger        32      soldier  none       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.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to 
   the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.

7: the last name could be Bulger.

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