SS State of Pennsylvania
I, James Knight, Master of the SS State of Pennsylvania, 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 SS S/O "Pennsylvania" at Glasgow via Larne from which port said SS S/O "Pennsylvania" 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 20 January 1876So help me God,
before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) James Knight
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS State of Pennsylvania whereof James Knight, is master, from Glasgow via Larne burthen 1592 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* Thomas Riggans 34 m mason England United States cabin
2 David M^cKann 60 m none Scotland United States cabin
3 Janet Coburn 48 f none Scotland United States cabin
4 Matthew Coburn 14 m none Scotland United States cabin
5 Martha Squire 45 f none Scotland United States cabin
6* Rev Andrew Pongdee 45 m Scotland intends returning to Scotland saloon
7 Geo. B Seymour 30 m clerk U.S. United States saloon
8 Susanna Orr 18 f none Ireland United States saloon
9 Thomas A. Field 22 m merchant Ireland United States saloon
10 Mary Kennedy 25 f none Ireland United States saloon
11 M^rs Osborne 26 f none Scotland United States saloon
12 Susanna Osborne 10 f none Scotland United States saloon
13 Gracie Osborne 6 f none Scotland United States saloon
14 David Osborne 3 m none Scotland United States saloon
total of all passengers: 14
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.
* Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
1: Surname may be Higgins.
6: Surname may be Bridgee
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 401, List 58.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
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27 March 2006
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