Maine Maritime Museum

Articles of Agreement

Date: Sept. 22, 1857
Voyage: Armoriel (d. Liverpool - a. Philadelphia Sept. 22, 1857)
Citation: MS-90 b46f9

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
Bremen, Peter Seaman March 26, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1857 Philadelphia, PA - USA 12.50 12.50 25.45
Burns, John Seaman March 26, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1857 Philadelphia, PA - USA 12.50 12.50 32.47 Wages per month and Advance wages converted from pounds to U.S. dollars at $5:00 per pound.
Dermody, Petter Cook March 14, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1857 Philadelphia, PA - USA 25.00 25.00 95.27 Wages per month and Advance wages converted from pounds to U.S. dollars at $5:00 per pound.
Finegan, Ed ` Seaman March 26, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1857 Philadelphia, PA - USA 12.50 12.50 36.00 Wages per month and Advance wages converted from pounds to U.S. dollars at $5:00 per pound.
Hall, John Seaman March 26, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1957 Philadelphia, PA - USA 12.50 12.50 28.96 Wages per month and Advance wages converted from pounds to U.S. dollars at $5:00 per pound.
Marshall, Allan Seaman March 26, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1857 Philadelphia, PA - USA 11.25 11.25 15.59 Wages per month and Advance wages converted from pounds to U.S. dollars at $5:00 per pound.
McRevett, William Seaman March 26, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1857 Philadelphia, PA - USA 12.50 12.50 36.03 Wages per month and Advance wages converted from pounds to U.S. dollars at $5:00 per pound.
Parker, Edward J. Ordinary Seaman March 24, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1857 Philadelphia, PA - USA 10.00 10.00 9.50 Wages per month and Advance wages converted from pounds to U.S. dollars at $5:00 per pound.
Parsons, Albert Ordinary Seaman March 26, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1857 Philadelphia, PA - USA 10.00 10.00 15.92 Wages per month and Advance wages converted from pounds to U.S. dollars at $5:00 per pound.
Pringle, William Seaman March 26, 1857 Liverpool, England Sept. 22, 1857 Philadelphia, PA - USA 12.50 12.50 29.63 Wages per month and Advance wages converted from pounds to U.S. dollars at $5:00 per pound.

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.