Maine Maritime Museum

Articles of Agreement

Date: March 30, 1869
Voyage: Alice M. Minott (d. San Francisco Mar. 31, 1896 - a. San Francisco June 12, 1869)
Citation: MS-90 b42f13

Notes

Document includes on the back a list of persons receiving wages in SF 06/12/1869 but with no amounts shown.

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, Peter Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Butcher, Thos Seaman March 31, 1868 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Caror, Wm Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Carter, Gilbert Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Crowlay, David Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Fynn, E J Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Guesh, James Second Mate March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 45.00
Hutchnis, Wm Cook March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 40.00 Name is lined through in ink, and this name is not included in the list on the back of the document as receiving wages
John, I (?) June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA
Johnson, John Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00 Notation in pencil: "less 3.50 for man in place"
Miller, Joseph Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Mountford, J H Mate 50.00
Mundo, Robert Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Nutoun, Wm June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA
Paden, M J Boy March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 12.00
Reese, William M Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Rice, James C Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
Taylor, Samuel Seaman March 31, 1868 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00
White, Ed Seaman March 31, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA June 12, 1869 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00

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.