Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of Puebla

I, G. Debney, Master of the Steamship City of Puebla 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 San Francisco, is a full and perfect list of all Chinese passengers taken on board the said vessel at Port Townsend from which port said vessel has now arrived, and they have not landed at any foreign port or place during the voyage, and of all such passengers now on board said vessel, and that on said List is truly designated the names and other particulars, as shown by their respective certificates.So help me God. (signature) G. Debney
Sworn to this 8th day of Nov 1896, before me, (signature) HG Barthrop, Deputy Collector of Customs

Separate List or Manifest of all the Chinese Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Puebla whereof G. Debney is Master, from Port Townsend, burthen 1713 tons

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, PORT OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASH
Sir:
I certify that the SS City of Puebla sailed Nov 8, 1896 for San Francisco via Victoria, B.C. with Two Chinese passengers destined for San Francisco, as per manifest attached. (signature) H.G. Barthrop, Deputy Collector

Subscribed and Sworn to before me, this 11 day of Nov 1896 (signature),______ Deputy Collector of Customs

Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Height, Complexion, Color of Eyes, Physical Marks or Peculiarities and Facts of Identification, If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts*.

1 49683	Moy Seyon 25 Laborer Port Townsend 5'3¾" Dark  Brown Pock marked above right and left ear
2 48407	Bon Hawk  24 Laborer Port Townsend 5'2"	 Light Dk    Pits between eyebrows and right temple


Transcriber's Notes:

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the
  transcriber, or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

The pages on this film are not numbered so finding a particular ship can be difficult.  
 However, there is a system of numbering the manifests that is a part of the National
 Archives file system on Chinese persons.  These numbers are included in the identification 
 of the film and reel numbers below.

The first two paragraphs above are printed as part of the form for this list.  The next 
 paragraph and its heading is a piece of paper attached to the page.  The following paragraph 
 is a separate stamp placed on the body of the page and then completed.

The cover sheet for this list has handwritten notes. 
 Bu??? (possibly Bunnu, Burnu) 
  Proceed ? (possibly with) this vessel and if the parties have certificates of
   registration land them.
   (signature) EB Jerome, Collector
 I certify that I have I have landed the within named Chinese their certificates
   being in proper order. 
  (signature) AB Meredith, Chinese Inspector, Nov 11, 1896

The following column had no entries:
 If accredited officers of Chinese Government, state facts

According to the National Archives branch in San Bruno, California it is possible that they have
 some information on any Chinese passenger who arrived in San Francisco after 1886.