TO THE

UNITED STATES,

EXHIBITING THE

NUMBER, SEX, AGE, OCCUPATION, AND COUNTRY OF BIRTH,

OF

PASSENGERS ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES

BY SEA FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 1819, TO
DECEMBER 31, 1855;

COMPILED ENTIRELY FROM OFFICIAL DATA:

WITH

AN INTRODUCTORY REVIEW OF THE PROGRESS AND EXTENT OF
IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES PRIOR TO 1819,

AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THE

NATURALIZATION AND PASSENGER LAWS

OF THE UNITED STATES, AND EXTRACTS FROM THE LAWS OF THE
SEVERAL STATES RELATIVE TO IMMIGRANTS, THE IMPORTA-
TION OF PAUPERS, CONVICTS, LUNATICS, ETC.

BY WILLIAM J. BROMWELL,

of the DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

REDFIELD,

34 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK.

1856.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856,

BY WILLIAM J. BROMWELL,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States in and for the District of Columbia.

SAVAGE & M°CREA, STEREOTYPERS,

13 Chambers Street, N. Y.