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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 18xx:

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

Transcribers: Lorine Schulze & Laura Freeman

Alms House Admission Foreigners & Nativity Records (New York City, NY) Item 5 LDS Film 1304647 Bond Registers 1819-1840. Original records in the Municipal Archives, New York, New York
Date	Foreigners Surname	Foreigners First Name	Age	Place of Birth	Vessel	Where From
1828 Jan. 2	Conely	Louisa	17	Ireland	Thomas	Dublin
1828 Jan. 3	Carhart	Thomas	23	Ireland	Sarah G	no entry
1828 Jan. 11	Dolton	Bridget	23	Ireland	Indus	Liverpool
1828 Jan. 12	Roney	Francis	26	Ireland	Henrietta	no entry
1828 Jan. 15	Gregory	Patrick	11	Ireland	Caroline Ann	Belfast
1828 Jan. 16	Rector	Phillip	27	Germany	Maria Elizabeth	Hamburgh
1828 Jan.18	Bush	Peter	20	France	no entry	no entry
1828 Jan. 22	Flood	Ann	24	Ireland	Atlantic	Belfast
1828 Jan. 22	Pleasants?	John	23	Philadelphia	From City Hospital to pay
1828 Jan. 22	Freeman	Solomon	23	Rhode Island	From City Hospital to pay
1828 Jan. 22	Hastings	Margaret	25	Ireland	Iris	Liverpool
1828 Jan. 22	Hastings	Thomas	1yr. 6mos.	At Sea	Iris	Liverpool
1828 Jan. 23	Graham	Charles	28	Ireland	Maine	Sligo
1828 Jan.28	Mahin	John	25	Ireland	Josephine	Belfast
1828 Jan. 28	Barnhill	James	22	Ireland	Westmorland	Londonderry
1828 Feb. 4	Scully	Pat	25	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Feb. 4	Smith	Bartley	25	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Feb. 5	Grimes	Ann	21	Ireland	Josephine	Belfast
1828 Feb. 5	Grimes	Bridget	3 mos.	New York	Josephine	Belfast
1828 Feb. 5	Willis	Henry W.	24	Massachusetts	From City Hospital to pay
1828 Feb. 7	McNalty	Mary	17	Ireland	Wilson	Sligo
1828 Feb. 11	Timmons	Ann	18	Ireland	F. Michaels	St. Johns (NB)
1828 Feb. 19	Carroll	Betsy	21	Ireland	Penelope	no entry
1828 Feb. 19	Leonard	David	20	Ireland	Danube	no entry
1828 Feb. 19	Conoley	Louisa	17	Ireland	Thomas	Dublin
1828 Feb. 21	Quigley	Mary	20	Ireland	Champion	Galway [crossed out]
1828 Feb. 21	Goggin	William	18	Ireland	Marcella	Galway
1828 Feb. 22	Kay	John	22	Scotland	Tom	Greenock
1828 Feb. 23	Dolan	Michael	49	Ireland	Thomas	Dublin
1828 Feb. 27	Allen	Charles	22	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Mar. 4	Riley	Mary	24	Ireland	Atlantic	no entry
1828 Mar. 7	McCormick	Eliza	19	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Mar. 7	Kain	David	35	Ireland	Superior	Liverpool
1828 Mar. 8	Pope	Martha	48	London	Java	Liverpool
1828 Mar. 10	Maloney	Matthew	20	Ireland	Despatch	no entry
1828 Mar. 12	Johnston	Reuben	21	Virginia	Small Pox [disease]
1828 Mar. 12	Egan	John	18	Ireland	Concordia	Liverpool
1828 Mar. 17	Chapman	Christina	32	Scotland	Camillus	Greenock
1828 Mar. 17	Cole	Margaret	42	Ireland	Newry	Newry
1828 Mar. 18	Laurie	James	24	Scotland	Custer	Liverpool
1828 Mar. 19	Moab	John	30	Ireland	Trio	Cork
1828 Mar. 19	Woods	Sophia	28	Ireland	St. Michaels	St. Johns
1828 Mar. 20	Galvin	Catherine	26	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Mar. 21	Cutlip	Elizabeth	19	England	his [sic] father to pay
1828 Mar. 24	Dolin	John	40	Ireland	Courier	Belfast
1828 Mar. 25	Bullock	Mary	22	Ireland	Fabius	Belfast
1828 Mar. 25	Delahunt	Ellen	30	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Mar. 25	Delahunt	Mary	3	New York	no entry	no entry
1828 Mar. 25	Delahunt	Ann	5mos.	State of Maine	no entry	no entry
1828 Mar. 27	Kennith	Margaret	26	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Mar. 27	Kennith	Maria	2	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Mar/ 27	Kennith	Catherine	5wks.	New York	no entry	no entry
1828 Mar. 31	Francis	Joseph	27	England	Superior	Liverpool
1828 Mar. 31	Connelly	Peter	18	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Apr. 1	Rogers	Ann	15	New Brunswick	no entry	no entry
1828 Apr. 1	Pope	Martha	48	England	Java	Liverpool
1828 Apr. 2	Dawsey	Margaret	30	Ireland	Superior	Liverpool
1828 Apr. 2	Dawsey	Ann	1yr. 6mos.	Ireland	Superior	Liverpool
1828 Apr. 3	Rachford	Margaret	20	Ireland	Aurelia/Amelia	Liverpool
1828 Apr. 4	Cullan	James	30	Ireland	Danube	Liverpool
1828 Apr .4	McGuire	Ann alias Ellen	23	Ireland	Nile	Liverpool
1828 Apr. 5	Roberts	Richard	15	Liverpool	no entry	no entry
1828 Apr. 7	Brian	Patrick	25	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Apr. 9	Evans	John F.	39	Wales	no entry	no entry
1828 Apr. 11	Hunt	Joseph	30	London	Birmingham	Liverpool
1828 Apr. 11	Quinn	Ann	45	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Apr. 15	Lane	John	9	Ireland	Sarah G	St. Johns
1828 Apr. 15	Bracken	John	22	Ireland	Superior	Liverpool
1828 Apr. 16	Fox	Richard	31	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
1828 Apr. 17	McCole	James	55	Ireland	Superior	no entry
1828 Apr. 19	Levy	Patrick Dan	18	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Apr. 22	Duffy	James	23	Ireland	Peru	Liverpool
1828 Apr. 24	Peck	Phillip	27	Germany	Bayard	Havre
1828 Apr. 28	Wilson	Alexander	45	Ireland	Meteor	Belfast
1828 Apr. 28	Fox	Richard	31	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
1828 Apr. 28	Smith	Mary	23	Ireland	Courier	Belfast
1828 Apr. 28	McCue	Nancy	25	Ireland	Courier	Londonderry
1828 Apr. 28	Fairbrother	William	28	London	Factor	London
1828 Apr. 29	Robertson	James	23	North Carolina	Small Pox from City Hospital to pay
1828 Apr.30	Fenton	David	23	Ireland	Lydia	England
1828 May 1	Pouls	Edward	29	England	Ganges	Liverpool
1828 May 2	Frank	Jacob	27	Switzerland	Bayard	Havre
1828 May 5	Riley	John	30	Ireland	[?] Byrnes	Liverpool
1828 May 7	Clark	James	7	Belfast	Meteor	Belfast
1828 May 7	Costelo	Catherine	21	Ireland	Bolivar	no entry
1828 May 7	Ditter	Jacob E	24	Germany	Dublin Packet [this is crossed out, can't read entry inserted above]	no entry
1828 May 7	Sorrell	Johnson	22	England	Euphrates	Liverpool
1828 May 10	Murphy	James	50	Ireland	Hibernia	Dublin
1828 Aug. 30	Murphy	James	50	Ireland	Hibernia	Dublin
1828 May. 14	Roark	John	28	Ireland	Samuel Robertson	Liverpool
1828 May 16	Rafferty	Patrick	20	Ireland	Thomas	Dublin
1828 May 16	McFee	Matthew	22	Ireland	Mary	Dublin
1828 May 19	Bates alias Buch	George	34	England	Clementis	Liverpool
1828 May 19	Lawrence	Eliza	16	Ireland	Louisa	no entry
1828 May 21	Spain	Bridget	20	Ireland	Marchioness of Queensborough
1828 May 21	Smith	James	15	England	no entry	no entry
1828 May 22	Tracy	Edward	33	Ireland	Essex	no entry
1828 May 25	Leigh	Thomas	32	England	Samuel Wright	Liverpool
1828 May 25	Davis	Elizabeth	32	England	Columbia	London
1828 May 27	Sweeney	Dominick	23	Ireland	Borneo	St. Johns (N B)
1828 May 27	McMagin/McMahin	Peter	39	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 May 27	Burke	Mary	28	Ireland	Trio	no entry
1828 May 27	Sinesow	Louisa	20	Virginia	no entry	no entry
1828 May 28	Moody	Patrick	21	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 May 30	Carson	Johnson	18	Ireland	Robert Fulton	Londonderry
1828 Jon. 2	Coyle	Pudy (Puny)	22	Ireland	Josephine	Belfast
1828 Jun. 3	Flood	Ellen	24	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Jun. 3	Coles	Patrick	38	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1818 Jun. 3	Furguson	John	24	England	no entry	no entry
1828 Jun. 3	Mahassy	Michael	19	Ireland	Essex	no entry
1828 Jun. 5	Murry	Michael	17	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Jun. 6	Bernard	James	37	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Jun. 9	Mullen	Mary	20	Ireland	Josephine	Belfast
1828 Jun. 10	Delaney	Ellen	25	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Jun. 10	Cahoone	Jeremiah	35	Ireland	Ganges	Kinsale, Ire.
1828 Jun. 10	McGuin	Ellen	29	Ireland	Nile	Liverpool
1828 Jun. 12	Garden	Barney	29	Ireland	Atlantic	Belfast
1828 Jun. 15	Kenny	Fanny	20	Ireland	Thompson	no entry
1828 Jun. 15	Kaven	Thomas	25	Ireland	Josephine	Liverpool
1828 Jun. 18	Casey	Thomas	21	Ireland	Ganges	Kinsale, Ire.
1828 Jun. ?	[paper bent]	Hannah	26	France	America	Havre
1828 Jun. 19	Forsyth	Robert	28	Ireland	Courier	Belfast
1828 Jun. 20	Lewis	Hugh	26	Wales	George	Liverpool
1828 Jun. 20	Marrin	Mary	25	Ireland	Mary	Dublin
1828 Jun. 23	Stack	Florence	30	Ireland	Cortes	London
1828 Jun. 23	Thompson	Edward	19	Ireland	Dalhousie Castle	Liverpool
1828 Jun. 23	Cropper	Fredercik	23	England	Brittania	no entry
1828 Jun. 25	Bellamy	Ann	24	Ireland	Liverpool	Cork
1828 Jun. 25	Bellamy	N[??] H.	6mos.	Ireland	Liverpool	Cork
1828 Jun. 28	Sullivan	Daniel	24	Ireland	Sarah G	St. Johns (NB)
1828 Jun. 28	Hughs	John	19	Ireland	Commerce	no entry
1828 Jun. 29	Quidley	Mary	20	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Jul. 1	Sheridan	James	24	Ireland	Potomac	Halifax
1828 Jul. 1	Fox	William	27	England	no entry	no entry
1828 Jul. 2	Donerdan	Peter	27	Germany	Sully	Havre
1828 Jul. 3	Wallace	Mary	27	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Jul. 5	Sorrell	Johnson	22	England	Euphrates	Liverpool
1828 Jul. 7	David	Elizabeth	30	England	Columbia	London
1828 Jul 8	Gailen	Ellen	19	Scotland	no entry	no entry
1828 Jul. 8	Hornet	Celesta	26	France	American	Havre
1828 Jul. 10	Stack	Florence	20	Ireland	Cortes	London
1828 Jul. 14	Menigor	Joseph	32	France	Emilie	Havre
1828 Jul. 18	Rabbit	Brian	35	Ireland	no entry	no entry
1828 Jul. 18	Rabbit	Patrick	2	uknown	no entry	no entry
1828 Jul. 18	Egan	Eliza