Maine Maritime Museum

Seaman's Time-Book

Date: Dec. 31, 1881
Voyage: Altevela (d. Sedgwick - a. Sedgwick)
Citation: MS-438 b2f1

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
Cobb, Levi A. Steward May 10, 1881 May 22, 1881 12 (days)
Dodge, William E. Seaman Oct. 11, 1881 Dec. 14, 1881 14 (days)
Enos, Gabriel Seaman Aug. 25, 1881 Sept. 2, 1881 8 (days)
Freethey, William A. Mate April 25, 1881 Jacksonville, FL - USA Dec. 31, 1881 Sedgwick, ME - USA 10 (days)
Freethey, Ellis E. Seaman Dec. 28, 1881 Dec. 31, 1881 Sedgwick, ME - USA 4 (days)
McCorndell, Edward Seaman April 25, 1881 Jacksonville, FL - USA May 25, 1881
Pray, Robert Steward Sept. 6, 1881 Sept. 20, 1881 14 (days)
Ryder, E. Steward Dec. 15, 1881 Dec. 31, 1881 Sedgwick, ME - USA 16 (days)
Searle, John W. Seaman Sept. 6, 1881 Sept. 19, 1881 13 (days)
Sherwood, Joseph Seaman April 25, 1881 Jacksonville, FL - USA Dec. 31, 1881 Sedgwick, ME - USA 10 (days)
Sholl, Charlie Seaman July 27, 1881 Aug. 20, 1881 24 (days)
Smith, R. W. Steward April 25, 1881 Jacksonville, FL - USA May 9, 1881 14 (days)
Smith, R. W. Seaman May 10, 1881 June 26, 1881 17 (days)
Torry, Stedman Cook June 24, 1881 July 16, 1881 22 (days)
Weeks, Reuben Steward Sept. 30, 1881 Nov. 6, 1881 16 (days)
Wells, Julius Calvin April 25, 1881 Jacksonville, FL - USA Dec. 31, 1881 Sedgwick, ME - USA 10 (days)
Wells, Harris H. Cook July 22, 1881 Sept. 5, 1881 15 (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.