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Date:	Sept. 10, 1902
Voyage:	Samos (d. South Amboy Aug. 8, 1902 - a. New York Sept. 10, 1902)
Citation:	MS-438 b2f2

Notes

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
Sammurd, Karl	Seaman	Aug. 7, 1902	South Amboy, NJ - USA	Sept. 10, 1902	New York, NY - USA		28.33	25.00					3.50				24.83
Smith, Peter	Seaman	Aug. 7, 1902	South Amboy, NJ - USA	Sept. 10, 1902	New York, NY - USA		28.33	25.00					3.50				24.83

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.