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In the early 1800's port cities in the USA bore the burden of immigration. By the time they arrived, so many immigrants were tired, hungry and poor they ended up in the City Almshouse. This meant the citizens had to take care of them. At first the citizens of the city asked the Mayors for funds to support the poor. Eventually they asked the states, and by mid-century some states (PA, NY, MA) set up State agencies to deal with the issue. Eventually, beginning in the 1880's, the Federal Government nationalized the programs.

Dating back to the colonial era, New York City assumed responsibility for its citizens who were destitute, sick, homeless, or otherwise unable to care for themselves. The city maintained an almshouse, various hospitals, and a workhouse on Blackwell's Island (now called Roosevelt Island) for the poor. Read more about New York City Almshouse...

Lorine's Note: There are 2 pages for each name in this ledger. I have only copied part of the left hand page. There is more information on the microfilm, including Captain's Name, Owner's Name, Date of Bond, Sureties, Date Discharged, Death Date, Remarks, Bonded, Commuted & Total. For example, under date 1820 March 11 - Elizabeth Kennedy age 34 is listed as having died June 14, 1820; her daughter Mary Ann died Nov. 5, 1820

I have not had time to track down the exact arrival date of each of the ships named, but interested researchers could use the clues (admission date, captain's name, owner's name, etc) as well as census records, to narrow the time frame of arrival. Families with children born in one country, such as England, and then in New York will find it much easier to narrow the time frame of immigration.

Ship arrivals with partial passenger names before 1824: [Jno +?] Adams, Albert, Almyria, Belisarius, Carolina Anna, Commerce, Concorida, Diamond, Dublin Packet, Eliza Ann, Factor, Financier, Florida, Francis Henrietta, Friendly, Hudson, Lady Mary Potham, Lima, London, Margaret, Maria, Mentor, Montanya, Mount [Hensons?], Robert Burns, Robert Fulton, Superb, Susquahana

For individuals recorded in 1855-1858 the information includes ship name, date of sailing, ports of departure and arrival

Transcribers: Lorine Schulze & Laura Freeman

Date of Admission	Foreigner (Surname)	Foreigner (First Name)	Age	Place of Birth	Vessel Name	Where From
1824 Jan. 3	Ferara	Joaquin T	19	Fayal?	Albert	Fayal?
1824 Jan. 7	McCadden	Bernard	14mos.	New Orleans	Belisarius	New Orleans
1824 Feb. 4	Walker	John	14	England	Mount [Hensons?]	Liverpool
1824 Feb. 21	(Pitten) or Ricket	Wm	25	England	Margaret	Liverpool
1824 Mar. 1	Welch	Thomas	55	Ireland	Almyria	Halifax
1824 Ma. 5	Lusher	Mary	24	Switzerland	Factor	Havre De Grace
1824 Mar. 10	Welch	Margaret	58	Ireland	Almyria	Halifax
1824 Mar. 11	Kenny	Martin	30	Ireland	Commerce	Liverpool
1824 Mar. 19	Moore	James	24	Ireland	Commerce	Liverpool
1824 Mar. 25	Jackson	Charles	14	England	no entry	no entry
1824 Apr. 20	Crearand	George	26	Ireland	Financier	Lubec
1824 May 1	Kenney	Margaret	26	Ireland	Commerce	Liverpool
1824 May 1	Kenney	Mary Ann	7	Ireland	Commerce	Liverpool
1824 May 1	Kenney	John	2	Ireland	Commerce	Liverpool
1824 May 1	Kenney	Rosanna	9wks.	New York	Commerce	Liverpool
1824 May 3	Sheeter	Elizabeth	34	England	Hudson	London
1824 May 9	Eason or (Cullen)	Rosanna	42	London	Friendly	Greenock
1824 May 14	Wright	Augustus	13	Liverpool	London	no entry
1824 May 19	Leonard	Dennis	23	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
1824 June 5	Clark	Brigette	27	Ireland	Commerce	Liverpool
1824 June 5	Whiting	Sarah	25	no entry	Maria	London
1824 June 28	McCannan	Charles	10	Ireland	Susquahana	Sligo
1824 July5	Roberts	Catherine	26	England	Mentor	Liverpool
1824 July 10	Brady	Edward	38	Ireland	Florida	Liverpool
1824 July 17	Madison	Patrick	40	Ireland	Lady Mary Potham	Limerick
1824 July 22	Fay	Peter	22	Ireland	Robert Fulton	Havannah
1824 Aug. 17	Summers ( Tummers)	Thomas	31	Ireland	Carolina Anna	Belfast
1824 Aug. 20	Murphy	William	30	Ireland	Diamond	Liverpool
1824 Aug. 27	Driscoll	Timothy	18	Ireland	[Jno +?] Adams	Cork
1824 Aug. 27	Pattison	Patrick	40	Ireland	Superb	Sligo
1824 Sept. 23	Eathler (Eastler)	Catherine	23	Ireland	Eliza Ann	Providence R. I.
1824 Sept. 23	Eathler (Eastler)	Mary	1	Rhode Island	Eliza Ann	Providence R. I.
1824 Sept. 24	Goodchild	Henry	24	England	Francis Henrietta	London
1824 Oct. 13	Pursley or Rupills	Robert	50	Ireland	Robert Burns	Londonerry
1824 Oct. 15	Peck	Richard	30	England	Robert Fulton	Liverpool
1824 Oct. 25	Sibnet	John	23	France	Montanya	Havre
1824 Oct. 29	Maglaughlin	John	25	Ireland	Concorida	Newry
1824 Dec. 5	Benson	Patrick	19	Ireland	Lima	Sligo