Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, 1820-1891
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, 1820-1891. Washington, DC: 1959.
115 microfilm reels
Micro Film 4608
Keywords: Ships, Passenger lists, Ship registers, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Emigration, Immigration
An act of 1819 ordered that captains of vessels arriving at an American port from a foreign country submit a list of the passengers to the collector of customs in the district in which the vessel arrived. Reproduced from the Rewards of the Bureau of Customs (RG 36), these lists normally included information about each passenger -- name, age, sex, occupation, country of origin and country of destination. Information about the vessel included the name, name of the master, date of entry, tonnage, and previous port.
A guide to the contents is included on the first reel of the collection.
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October 3, 2007
Michael Lonardo