Ship Tropic Bird
Turks Island, Bahamas to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11 March 1854


I, Charles Foulkes do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the Report or Manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Philadelphia contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the passengers which were on board the Ship Tropic Bird at the time of her sailing from the port of Turks Island or which have been taken on board at any time since; that I am at present, and have been during the voyage, master of the said vessel. And I do likewise swear that all matters whatsoever in the said Report or Manifest are, to my knowledge and belief, just and true.
C. Foulkes - Before me, this 11th day of March 1854. (Signed) J.B. Harnuden, *Dy Collector.
Report or Manifest of Passengers taken on board the Ship Tropic Bird, whereof, Foulkes is Master, From Turks Island; Burthen 413 tons and owned by Thos. Wattson Jones of Philada and bound to Philada
Columns represent: No., Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to Which They Belong, Country of which it is their intention to Become Inhabants, Number and Names of Passengers who have died on the Voyage
   
  Passenger List:

  1  Mr Forth           45  Male     Soldier    England   England  
  2  Mrs Forth          40  Female              England   England
  3  Miss Edith Forth   18  Female              England   England
  4  Emily Forth        14  Female              England   England
  5  Harriet Forth      12  Female              England   England
  6  Fergus Forth        8  Male                England   England
  7  Ellen Forth         6  Female              England   England
  8 *Jane               30  Female  Nurse
  9  Rob^t Harris       22  Male    Gentleman   Philada   Philada
 10  Mr Barr            30  Male    Merchant    Bermuda   Bermuda
 11  Mr Bone            55  Male    Merchant    England   England
 12 *Henry Bone         23  Male    Merchant    England   England
 13 *Mr Allison         35  Male    Farmer      ???????   Philada
 14 *Cap^t Barker       28  Male    Cap^t       Boston    Boston
 15 *Ducaret            50  ??      ??????      France    France
   

Transcriber's Notes:
    
* = Special attention to 'Transcriber's Notes'. 
? = Approximate number of letters which are unreadable with any accuracy.
Numbers were added by Transcriber for ease in locating passengers.
In 'Country Belonging' column the original transcriber used 'Philada' for Philadelphia, and 'Boston' as Countries.
Any blank spaces in the Passenger List are as they were in the original Manifest
There were no deaths on this voyage
The 'Dy' before the Collectors name is probably 'Deputy Collector'


 8 - This passenger had absolutely no last name given, unless 'Jane' was the last name.
12 - First name could possibly be Harry.
13 - The Country Belonging is hard to read. It seems to be something like 'Lancuski'.
     That does not seem to be a country.
14 - Last name could possibly be Baker.
15 - First name it totally unreadable. Last name is very hard to decipher but Ducret
     is the best I can do. Occupation is also very faint and has about 6 or 7 letters.
     Cannot hazzard a guess it so bad.


( Reference:  National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 77, List 23.
Transcribed by Royal A. Pritchard a member of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, 20 July 2004)