All ship arrivals to the Port of Philadelphia, have been indexed. And are searchable on micro film All ship arrivals to that port were published in the local newspapers. The papers listed the port of departure and the days at sea, and the cargo that they were carrying. The National Archives in Washington D.C. has micro film copies of all Ships manifests that are available and they are listed by date of arrival. The Genealogy Department of the Pennsylvania State Library, in Harrisburg , Pa has micro film copies of the passenger lists and /or manifests for that port also. And a full time genealogist volunteer who does look up when possible. Two Philadelphia newspapers listed the ships arrivals of that time period , "General Advertiser" a daily newspaper and " Poulson's American Daily Advertiser" These paper both list the port of departure, days at sea, Captain's name and date of arrival, and cargo The address for Genealogical inquiries. State Library of Pennsylvania Genealogy Department Box 1601 Harrisburg, PA 17126 Don Fordyce