Account Book Entry
| Date: | May 20, 1808 |
|---|---|
| Voyage: | Union (d. Wiscasset - a. May 20, 1808) |
| Citation: | MS-243 b1 |
Notes
Several voyages recorded in same document, this one in the form of a portage accountFinancial records
| Mariner | Rank | Entry Date | Entry Port | Discharge Date | Discharge Port | Served | P | WPM | WPR | A | S | CA | AA | H | SF | F&F | BD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews, Elisha | Seaman | Dec. 23, 1807 | April 22, 1808 | 119 (days) | 103.10 | 26.00 | ||||||||||||
| Barker, Benjamin | Cook | Sept. 1, 1807 | Nov. 27, 1807 | 86 (days) | 28.58 | 10.00 | 16.51 | |||||||||||
| Benten, Thomas | Seaman | Dec. 26, 1807 | April 22, 1808 | 116 (days) | 100.52 | 26.00 | ||||||||||||
| Call, John | Mate | Aug. 9, 1807 | Wiscasset, ME - USA | May 18, 1808 | Wiscasset, ME - USA | 278 (days) | 259.14 | 28.00 | 76.51 | served 9 months and 8 days | ||||||||
| Call, Ephraim | Hand | Aug. 25, 1807 | Wiscasset, ME - USA | Dec. 7, 1807 | Charleston, SC - USA | 100 (days) | 66.67 | 20.00 | 19.60 | time on board recorded as 3 months 10 days | ||||||||
| Cremmer, Henry | Seaman | Dec. 21, 1807 | Feb. 7, 1808 | 47 (days) | 40.62 | 26.00 | ||||||||||||
| Herbert, Henry | Seaman | Dec. 21, 1808 | Dec. 22, 1808 | 0 (days) | 26.00 | 26.00 | ||||||||||||
| Jones, Richard | Apprentice | Sept. 3, 1807 | Dec. 3, 1807 | 90 (days) | 36.00 | 12.00 | ||||||||||||
| Loranson, George | Seaman | March 5, 1808 | April 22, 1808 | 46 (days) | 21.46 | 14.00 | ||||||||||||
| Nickerson, Alexander | Seaman | March 12, 1808 | April 23, 1808 | 41 (days) | 18.22 | 13.33 | ||||||||||||
| Nye, Elisha | Second Mate | Dec. 26, 1807 | April 23, 1808 | 117 (days) | 101.42 | 26.00 | ||||||||||||
| Ogama, George | Cook | July 7, 1893 | Yokohama, Japan | 30.27 | ||||||||||||||
| Rea, Robert | Hand | Sept. 5, 1807 | Dec. 7, 1807 | 92 (days) | 55.20 | 18.00 | ||||||||||||
| Rittal, Francis | Master | Sept. 1, 1807 | Dec. 15, 1807 | 105 (days) | 315.00 | 90.00 | ||||||||||||
| Rittal, Francis | Master | Dec. 16, 1807 | May 20, 1808 | Wiscasset, ME - USA | 154 (days) | 102.67 | 20.00 | $70 per month less than he was getting on the same ship the previous 3 months | ||||||||||
| Smith, Jeffre | Cook | Dec. 12, 1807 | March 4, 1808 | 82 (days) | 54.67 | 20.00 | ||||||||||||
| Turtees, Thomas | Hand | Sept. 1, 1807 | May 18, 1808 | Wiscasset, ME - USA | 107 (days) | 171.34 | 20.00 | time on board 3 mo. 17 days | ||||||||||
| Wols, Daniel | Hand | Aug. 17, 1807 | Wiscasset, ME - USA | Dec. 7, 1807 | Charleston, SC - USA | 100 (days) | 70.00 | 20.00 | 26.05 | time on board 3 months 10 days (sic) |
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.
