Ship Passenger and Immigration Lists

 

Brig Mountain Eagle

Unknown Port, Bermuda, W.I. to New York
5 July 1862

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK)

I, Chas. B. Pray, Master of Bg. Mountain Eagle 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 of the said Brig at Bermuda from which
port said Brig has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, 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
have died.

Sworn to this 5 July 1862
So help me God.
before me ??????
(signed) Chas. B. Pray

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig whereof C. B Pray, is master, from Bermuda
burthen 254 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country in
which they intend to become inhabitants, died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the
voyage.

1 J. D. Harmar 21 Male Military Great Britain Great Britain Cabin
2 W. B. White 19 Male Military Great Britain Great Britain Cabin
3 John Welsh 50 Male Capt. United States United States Cabin
4 David Brown 20 Male Seaman United States United States Cabin

(signed) Chas. B Pray, captain


Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 220, List 650.
This material made available through the generous permission of the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild and the transcriber Meg Sibbernsen