Maine Maritime Museum

Seaman's Time-Book

Date: Jan. 2, 1883
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
Brown, George H. Seaman Nov. 20, 1882 Jan. 2, 1881 Sedgwick, ME - USA 13 (days)
Dollard, Robert Seaman June 14, 1882 Aug. 7, 1882 24 (days)
Ellis, William Seaman Aug. 15, 1882 Dec. 29, 1882 16 (days)
Freethey, Ellis E. Seaman March 30, 1882 Sedgwick, ME - USA April 15, 1882 16 (days)
Hanson, C. Seaman Aug. 15, 1882 Nov. 13, 1882
Masters, Abram Small Boy Aug. 15, 1882 Oct. 5, 1882 21 (days)
Parker, G. A. Mate March 21, 1882 Sedgwick, ME - USA Dec. 12, 1882 26 (days)
Sherwood, Joseph Seaman March 21, 1882 Sedgwick, ME - USA Aug. 11, 1882 23 (days)
Snow, Charles M. Steward May 1, 1882 Aug. 7, 1882 8 (days)
Thompson, A. P. Steward Oct. 7, 1882 Jan. 2, 1883 27 (days)
Weeks, Reuben Steward March 21, 1882 April 20, 1882
Wells, Rufus F. Master April 17, 1882 Sedgwick, ME - USA Jan. 2, 1883 Sedgwick, ME - USA 20 (days)
Wells, C. E. Seaman March 21, 1882 Sedgwick, ME - USA June 7, 1882 18 (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.