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Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Berkshire


Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts
22 January 1858

COPY OF REPORT AND LIST OF THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Berkshire of Boston whereof J. J. Williams is Master, burthen 614 tons, bound from the Port of Calcutta for Boston.
There was no sworn statement for this voyage.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, and Remarks relative to any who may have Died or left the vessel during the voyage.
     1.  William H. Phipps    30    Male    Seaman    U.S.A.    U.S.A.    Cabin passenger*

  
     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 transcription preserves the original spelling.

     * 'Cabin passenger' written in Died/Left vessel column.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 52
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 April 2007



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