I, the undersigned, Consul of the United States of America for the Hawaiian Islands, do hereby certify that the persons hereafter named and described have engaged on board the Formosa of New Bedford whereof Luther J. Briggs is master, at the date on the terms herein below specified


NAMES
OF WHAT COUNTRY
CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS
DESCRIPTION OF THESE PERSONS
AGE
HEIGHT
COMPLEXION
HAIR
FEET
INCHES
Joseph Pound Gt Britain 19 5 4 1/2 light brown
Algernon S. Brown U. S. A. 17 5 7 1/2do do
Emile Vallet France 22 5 7 do do
Henry Ashley U. S. A. 23 5 6 1/2 do do
John Lewis U. S. A. 23 5 4 do sandy
Manuel Roderick Portugal 34 5 8 3/4 dark black
William Farmer no protection [certificate, proving citizenship] 17 5 8 3/4 light brown
Aaron Mayo do 29 5 10 black wooly
George C. Noyes U. S. A. 26 6 light sandy
Richard Tolbert no protection [certificate, proving citizenship] 25 5 8 1/2 do brown
Robert Ellis U. S. A. 22 5 6 1/2 do do
George [H. or K.] Prince U. S. A. 17 5 4 black wooly
William H. Carr U. S. A. 24 5 11 1/2 light brown
Edward McMannis Gt. Britain 17 5 5 do light
Lemuel Dillingham U. S. A. 39 5 6 do brown & bald
John Miller no protection [certificate, proving citizenship] 42 5 7 dark brown
Nicholas Fatuna Roratonga Isls 22 5 7 1/2 copper black
Sidney D. Nichols no protection [certificate, proving citizenship] 24 5 11 light brown


Given under my hand and seal of office at Honolulu, this Eighteenth day of Decr 1848 [signed] J. [?] U. S. Consul



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