Consulate of the United States
Talcahuano, Chile

I do hereby certify that I have shipped on the ship Formosa, of New Bedford, of which Luther J. Briggs is master, the following named and described seamen, to wit:


Seamens Names
Where Born
Citizen of
Age
Height
Complexion
Hair
Joseph Pound England United States 17 5 4 1/2 light brown
Edward S. Upham France " 19 5 4 1/2 dark dark
Charles Douglass Philadelphia " 38 5 3 dark wooly
Robert Devoll Bristol Co., Mass " 23 5 8 1/2 fair brown
Norman Robbins Lym, Ct. " 31 5 6 3/4 fair dark
(name in fold) (place in fold) " 25 5 6 florid dark
William C. Cram Maine " 21 6 2 light brown
Daniel C. Lewis Murray, N.Y. " 26 5 3 3/4 light brown
George Coffin Maui Sandwich Isl 22 5 6 dark dark
Jerry Bushel " " 24 5 10 black black
Joseph Berzilla Guam Spain 23 5 8 dark dark
Frank Oliva St. George Portugal 22 5 6 1/2 dark dark
Nauses Peter Cape Verds " 27 5 4 3/4 black curly
Florian Gomez " " 25 5 8 1/2 " "
John Silva St. George " 23 5 4 fair dark
Cato Antone Flores " 22 5 3 3/4 dark "
Manuel George St. Thomas " 27 5 5 1/2 black curly
Pablo Sais Chile Chile 31 5 4 dark black
John Kydd Dundee England 29 5 4 fair dark
A. [Algernon] S. Brown Providence, R.I. U.S. 16 5 4 1/4 do do


Given under my hand and seal of office, at Talcahuano, this 8th day of April 1847 [signed] William Crosby, U. S. Consul

Edward S. Upham, 1850 US census, Nantucket, living with John and Elizabeth Upham. They were surely his parents. John was a mariner, and two other young male Uphams in the household were seamen. All presumed sons were born in France.

Charles Douglass was probably the same man who sailed out of New Bedford on Nye as a cook on 30 Sep 1844, and must have left the crew, perhaps at Talcahuano. He was perhaps an ordinary on Cherokee which sailed in July 1849.




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