Maine Maritime Museum

Articles of Agreement

Date: Oct. 27, 1871
Voyage: Alice M. Minott (d. New York Oct. 25, 1871 - a. Havre)
Citation: MS-90 b42f14

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
Anderson, James Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00 Entry on the document has a line drawn through it.
Barker, James R Third Mate Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 22.00
Barrett, Thos. Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00
Barrett, Thos. Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00
Brennan, W Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00
Craine, Caesar Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00
Hahorsled, Knudt Ordinary Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 25.00 25.00
Hughes, Grithef Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00
Isaacs, William Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA No entries under columns headed Station, Wages Per Month, or Advance Wages.
Jay, H. Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00
Kelly, John Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00
Loraes, William Seaman 30.00 30.00 Name has line drawn through it on document and no day of the month is written in for Date of Entry, so he was apparently a no-show after signing.
McCa?, Bricufd (?) Boy Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 12.00 20.00
McKee, James Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00
Reed, Thomas Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00 Entry on the document has a line drawn through it.
Renoyer, Oliver Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00
Shepard, J Seaman Oct. 28, 1871 New York, NY - USA 30.00 30.00

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.