Excerpts from the original manuscript .

Names of Persons
Sex & Color
Age
Profession
Place of Birth
Date of Arrival
Observations
Date of Registration
Prince (Joseph W.)Negro33barkeeper, somtimes follows steamboatsHakenstack [sic], N.J.1823before Judge Preval by testimony of Jh. PradosJuly 19, 1841
Pryor (Patsy)Negress51washerwomanNorfolk (Va.)
set free on the 8th of Dec. 183 [sic] by Clarance Mulford by act passed before J. B. Dawson, parish judge of the parish of West Feliciana (La.), 5 ft. 5 1/4 inches high, scar on each little fingerAugust 6, 1841.

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