Bark Carib
I, H.L. Townsend, Master of the Am. Bark Carib, 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 Bark at St. Croix from which port said Bark 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 June 29, 1876 So help me God,
(signed) H.L. Townsend
before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Bark Carib whereof H. L. Townsend is Master, from St. Croix burthen (left blank) 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 Edward Roche 65 m merchant U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 2 George Wiggin 48 m mariner U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 3 Mrs. D. Wiggin 35 f none U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 4 Master D. Wiggin 5 m child U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 5 A. Bonelli 32 m restaurant owner U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 6 Mrs. A. Bonelli 30 f wife U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 7 Edward Bonelli 3 m child U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 8 Blanche Adler 21 f none U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 9 Stephen Cook 32 m engineer U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 10* Alpine Dimello 45 m engineer Portugal U.S.of A. cabin 11 Peter Richards 30 m none U.S.of A. U.S.of A. cabin 12* P?erelia Solomon 44 f servant U.S.of A. U.S.of A. 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. None died on the voyage, therefore that coloumn was eliminated. Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing. * Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling. 10: the first name could be Alpino. 12: Given name may be Preeclia or Precelia or Prerelia.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 589.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
23 November 2005
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