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Seaman's Time-Book

Date:	April 7, 1884
Voyage:	Henry ( - a. New York)
Citation:	MS-155 b1f7

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Financial records

Mariner	Rank	Entry Date	Discharge Date	Discharge Port	Served
Atteson, M.	Seaman	Feb. 25, 1884	March 15, 1884		20 (days)
Bent, Samuel	Cook	March 3, 1884	April 7, 1884	New York, NY - USA	4 (days)
Dunn, Oris	Seaman	Feb. 25, 1884	March 15, 1884		20 (days)
Fritz, Charles	Mate	Feb. 22, 1884	March 15, 1884		23 (days)
Thorsen, T.	Seaman	Feb. 25, 1884	March 15, 1884		20 (days)

Abbreviations: P – Payment, the total amount due the mariner for the voyage; WPM – Wages per month, the usual way seamen were paid; WPR – Wages per run: occasionally, mariners took a set amount for a run between two places; A – Advance, the amount the mariner received in advance of the voyage, for signing on; S – Slops, amount for goods purchased from the vessel’s store; CA – Creditor allotment, amount paid to creditors if so listed; AA – Advanced abroad, cash advances the mariner received while in foreign ports; H – Hospital money, a small monthly amount deducted to support the marine hospital service; SF – Shipping fees, paid to shipping agents for their services; F&F – Fines and forfeitures, if so listed, including prison fees; BD – Balance due, after all of the above

The information given in this database is entered here as it is on the document or documents in the Maine Maritime Museum collections. The spelling of the mariner’s name may be wrong, the arithmetic may be wrong, and some descriptions may be thoughtless or not politically correct, but they are shown as found. We have attempted to standardize the names and descriptions of vessels and the spelling of place names. We have tried to include in notes fields important information that does not fit in the standard fields.