Brig Excelsior
Hamilton, Bermuda to New York
4 January 1868


DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Orville Cooper, Master of the Br Bg Excelsior, 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 Brig at Hamilton, Bermuda from which Port the said Brig 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.
So help me God. (Signature) Orville Cooper

Sworn to this January 4 1868,
Before me. (Signature) ? ???????, D.C..
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Br Bg Excelsior whereof Cooper is Master, from Hamilton, Bermuda burthen 131 Br tons.
Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage.
             
  1  Corny Soul       42y3m   Male     Captain    Bermuda    U.S.    Cabin
  2  Mary J Soul      31y2m   Female   Captain    Bermuda    U.S.    Cabin
  3  Go Soul           6y1m   Male     Captain    Bermuda    U.S.    Cabin
  4  Florence Soul     4y4m   Female   Captain    Bermuda    U.S.    Cabin
  5  Jane Willyou     40y5m   Female   Captain    Bermuda    U.S.    Cabin
  6  Ed Yarrau        22y6m   Male     Soldier    Bermuda    U.S.    Cabin
  7  E M Hight        25y     Male     Soldier    Bermuda    U.S.    Cabin


  Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed
  definitely.
 
  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not
  numbered in the original manifest.

  The designation "Br Bg Excelsior" in the Captain's sworn statement at the
  beginning of the manifest likely implies that the Brig Excelsior is of
  British ownership or registry.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, reel 290, list 9
This material made available through the generous permission of the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild and the transcriber Phil Buckley