Immigrant Ships
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Ship Calhoun

I, Daniel H Truman Master of the Ship Calhoun 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 at Liverpool from which port said Ship 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) ??? Truman*

Sworn to this Feb 7 1859
Before me (Signed) ??off???? (illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Calhoun whereof Truman is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1749 72/95 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. No deaths were recorded on the voyage and Space Occupied was left blank; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

Although the manifest scribe used a preprinted form with column headings noted above, the scribe recorded the passenger information in the following order: passenger Name, Sex, Age, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, and an additional column which may indicate Nationality.

  1  Isabella Wilson       F  45y              United States   United States  U.S.
  2  Robert Wilson      M     12y              United States   United States  U.S.
  3  William Anderson   M     25y  Trader      United States   United States  U.S.
  4* Duncan McIntyre    M     36y  Mariner     Great Brittain  uncertain      Scotland
  5* Samuel Logan       M     35y  Mariner     Great Brittain  uncertain      Scotland
  6* Mary McDonough        F  50y  Weaver      Great Brittain  U S            England
  7* James McQuillan    M     21y  Forger      Great Brittain  U S            England
  8* John McDermott     M     22y  Laborer     Great Brittain  U S            Ireland
  9  John Dyers         M     36y  Farmer      U. S.           U S            U.S.
 10  Robert Fergerson   M     20y  Engineer    G. B.           U S            Ireland
 11  James Gleeson      M     19y  Black Smith G. B.           U S            Ireland
 12  James Wilson       M     31y  Shoemaker   G. B.           U S            England
 13  Ruth Wilson           F  28y  Shoemaker   G. B.           U S            England
 14  Emma Wilson           F   2y  Shoemaker   G. B.           U S            England
 15  Mary Ann Wilson       F   1y  Shoemaker   G. B.           U S            England
 16  Arthur J. Bennett  M     27y  Printer     U S             U S            U.S.
 17  John Jennings      M     20y  Smith       G. B.           U S            England
 18  Bridget Reynolds      F  18y  Servant     G. B.           U S            Ireland
 19  James Coney        M     34y  Engineer    G. B.           U S            England
 20  John Niley         M     49y  Dyer        U S             U S            Germany


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 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 signature is partially faded, illegible.

4-8 Origin as written.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 73.

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