Articles of Agreement
| Date: | June 27, 1868 |
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| Voyage: | Alice M. Minott (d. Liverpool June 27, 1868 - a. New York July 31, 1868) |
| Citation: | MS-90 b42f12 |
Notes
Part of voyage from San Francisco Jan 1868 via Liverpool, New York, San Francisco, Victoria & Vancouver, to San Francisco June 1869Financial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barril, James | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation " appears (meaning "ditto" -- "26th" from line above) between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. Notation in pencil "75" (presumed to mean "$0.75" based on other similar entries) at far right margin. | ||||||||||||
| Bodwin, Benjamin | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation " appears (meaning "ditto" -- "26th" from line above) between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. Notation in pencil ".75" at far right margin. | ||||||||||||
| Bradley, Thomas | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation "26th" appears between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. Notation in pencil "0000" at far right margin. | ||||||||||||
| Brogan, Ch?? | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Entire entry is lined through in ink. | ||||||||||||
| DeCosta, L. B | Steward | June 24, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 24.20 | Wages shown as 5 pounds 0 shillings per month; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. | |||||||||||||
| Engstrom, Charles J. | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation "26th" appears between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. Notation in pencil "0000" at far right margin. | ||||||||||||
| Hatton, George | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Entire entry is lined through in ink. | ||||||||||||
| Hivrut, Jacques | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Entire entry has an inked line through it. | ||||||||||||
| Hyman, Henry G (?) | Second Mate | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 31.46 | Wages shown as 6 pounds 10 shillings per month; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. | |||||||||||||
| Kane, Patrick | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | Aug. 10, 1868 | New York, NY - USA | 4.25 | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation " appears (meaning "ditto" -- "26th" from line above) between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. Notation in pencil "4.25 paid by Capt. settled" at far right margin, and reverse of the document shows he received a payment of $4.25 in New York on 8/10/1868. | |||||||||
| Keefe, Chas | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Entire entry is lined through in ink. | ||||||||||||
| Landers, Richard | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation "26th" appears between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. Notation in pencil "$1.50" at far right margin. | ||||||||||||
| Morgan, James | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation "26th" appears between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. Notation in pencil "$1.50" at far right margin. | ||||||||||||
| Scully, John | Seaman | June 27, 1867 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Entire entry is lined through in ink. | ||||||||||||
| Seaman, Edgar F. | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation " appears (meaning "ditto" -- "26th" from line above) between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. Notation in pencil "$1.50" at far right margin. | ||||||||||||
| Smith, George | Seaman | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 12.10 | 12.10 | Wages per month and advance wages each shown as 2 pounds 10 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation " appears (meaning "ditto" -- "26th" from line above) between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. Notation in pencil "1.50" at far right margin. | ||||||||||||
| Thomsen, Thomas | Carpenter | June 27, 1868 | Liverpool, England | 24.20 | 1.21 | Wages shown as 5 pounds 0 shillings per month, advance wages shown as 0 pounds 5 shillings; document gives explicit exchange rate of $4.84 per Pound Sterling. Under the column headed Date When Wages Commenced, the penciled notation "15th" appears between inked notations "June" and "27th". The agreement states mariners are to be aboard on or before 10:00 a.m. June 27. |
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.
