Brig Peerless
Bermuda, W.I. to New York
8 January 1861
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK

I, W S Doe, Master of the said Brig Peerless, 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 Bermuda from which port said Brig has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each passenger, 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.
W S Doe

Sworn to this 8th January 1861
Before Me ????????
List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Brig Peerless whereof W S Doe is Master, from Bermuda. Burthen 205tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage. No deaths so that column has been eliminated.
   
1  John Hopper      33  M  Gentleman  USA  USA  Cabin
2  Edmund Sinclair  18  M  Gentleman  USA  USA  Cabin
 

(reference: National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208)

            This material made available through the generous permission of the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild    and   the transcriber Al O'brien.