Passenger List of the wrecked ship Powhattan, April 15,1854
To our knowledge, the passenger list for the packet-ship Powhattan, which sank off the coast of New Jersey in 1854, has never been found before. There are 326 records of the crew and passengers.
It was located in an article in the New York Daily Tribune, Saturday June 3, 1854. The article with the crew & passenger list can be found at the Library of Congress.
An article about the wreck of the Powhattan can be found at: https://maritimeheritage.org/passengers/Powhattan-April-1854.html.
The text in the article is difficult to read; we did the best we could. If you believe you have a correction to make for any entry, please let us know at: GGG@GermanGenealogyGroup.com
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