Brig Telegraph

St. George, Bermuda to New York
June 17, 1843

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK

I, G T T Wells do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the passengers received on board the British Brig t* Telegraph whereof I am Master, from St. George Bermuda So help me God. (signed) George T T Wells Sworn to the 17 June 1843 Before me (signature unreadable)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the British Brig t* Telegraph whereof G T T Wells is Master, from St George Bermuda Burthen Eighty Six 738/3500 tons.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.

    
   1 John Ban          65    Male    Merchant   England     Bermuda    
   2 Miss Fanny Ban    17    Female     *       England     Bermuda
   3 Miss M Ban        16    Female     *       England     Bermuda
   4 Seth Harvey       45    Male    Legal      England     Bermuda
   5 Mrs. Seth Harvey  27    Female     *       England     Bermuda
                                        
(Signed)  George T T Wells

Transcriber's Notes:     
The original manifest is not numbered.
The t in Brig t was written as a superscript.  
The column for deaths was eliminated because there were none.
Passengers # 2,3,5: There is a horizontal line through the space for 
occupation for these passengers.    

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Film M365, reel 52, list 365
This material made available through the generous permission of the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild and the transcriber Linda T Byrne