In a message dated 4/28/99 11:44:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Would someone tell me where I could find the passenger list for the > "Friendship" that landed in Phil. > 20 Sept 1738 ? > Anyone know of accounts of the voyage or where to look for this > information? Hi Ron- I have the Strassburger and Hinke's Pennsylvania German Pioneers books which are the only reliable collection of ship passenger lists for 1727-1808. Is there someone I could look up for you on this ship? I also have volume II which contains actual copies of the signatures or marks made by the male passengers age 16 and over who took the oath of allegiance upon arrival in Philadelphia. I don't know of any specific record of the journey for the ship you ask about but the Strassburger and Hinke book Vol. I gives a lot of information in the introduction about the voyages of that time period. 1738 was a particularly bad year due to storms at sea and other problems. I believe there were more fatalities in that one year than in any other during the years of heavy Germanic immigration during Colonial times. There is a book or article about this called The Year of the Avenging Angels. I forgot the author but someone on the list is sure to know. Joan