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The Steerage Act of 1819, also called the Manifest of Immigrants Act, was an Act passed by the United States federal government on March 2, 1819, effective January 1, 1820. Its full name is An Act regulating passenger ships and vessels .
Starting in 1820, some federal records, including ship passenger lists, were kept for immigration purposes, and a gradual increase in immigration was recorded. More complete immigration records provide data on immigration after 1830. Though conducted since 1790, the census of 1850 was the first in which place of birth was asked specifically.
The Carriage of Passengers Act of 1855 (full name An Act further to regulate the Carriage of Passengers in Steamships and other Vessels) was an act passed by the United States federal government on March 3, 1855, replacing the previous Steerage Act of 1819 (also known as the Manifest of Immigrants Act) and a number of acts passed between 1847 and 1849 with new regulations on the conditions of ...
The date stated on the ship's passenger list is the date used for arrival. The table also shows the number of passengers for each voyage. The number of steerage passengers and cabin passengers is shown for voyages where the passenger list identified the two passenger classes. The June 3 to July 14, 1848 voyage was made from Liverpool, England. [7]
Passengers Abeona (1811 ship) 324 or 331 James Pritchard 166 Albury (1804 ship) 338 to 342 Cunningham 166 Amphitrite [1] 274 Martin (or Davidson) 60 Aurora (1808 ship) 468 or 471 Thomas Pearson 344 Belle Alliance (1817 ship) [2] 637 Rolfe (or Roulff) 307 Brilliant (1814 ship) 330 or 332 William Bothwell 144 Cambrian: Brownrigg Canada (1811 ship)
August 7 – The 1820 United States census is conducted, eventually determining a population of 11,176,475. December 3 – U.S. presidential election, 1820: James Monroe is re-elected, virtually unopposed.
The 1860 United States census was the eighth census conducted in the United States starting June 1, 1860, and lasting five months. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 [1] in 33 states and 10 organized territories. This was an increase of 35.6 percent [1] over the 23,191,876 [2] persons enumerated during the 1850 ...
The Act for the Census of 1790 extended to Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. An Act giving effect to an act intituled “An act providing for the enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States,” in respect to the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Sess. 2, ch. 25 1 Stat. 129 (chapter 25) 22: July 5, 1790