Maine Maritime Museum

Disbursements Account

Date: Oct. 1, 1871
Voyage: Clara M. Goodrich (d. Sept. 11, 1871 )
Citation: MS-337 b1f11

Notes

None

Financial 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
Arundle, Charles H. Mate Sept. 11, 1871 Dec. 8, 1871 27 (days) 130.50 45.00 45.00 1.11
Buin, Edmund J. Seaman
Deltf, John Seaman 25.00
Hodgens, George W. Second Mate Sept. 13, 1871 Nov. 29, 1871 16 (days) 76.00 30.00 15.00 1.01
Larkin, Henry Able-Bodied Seaman Sept. 12, 1871 Oct. 26, 1871 13 (days) 35.83 25.00 25.00 Possibly died during voyage
Stewart, William Steward Sept. 12, 1871 Dec. 8, 1871 26 (days) 114.66 40.00 40.00 1.00
Withe, John Able-Bodied Seaman Sept. 12, 1871 Oct. 14, 1871 25.00 Possibly died during the voyage

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.