Maine Maritime Museum

Release

Date: May 31, 1886
Voyage: J. D. Robinson (d. Buenos Aires - a. Boston)
Citation: MS-90 b113 f14

Notes

precise document date not certain, release dates of mariners suggest May 1886.

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
Brandt, Wm. Mate May 15, 1886 106.34 total wages listed as $221.67, amount received on May 15, 1886, was $106.34
Carter, William Seaman May 14, 1886 28.12 60.20 wages listed as $60.20, amount received on May 14, 1886, was $28.12
Hogan, Frank Second Mate May 17, 1886 Boston, MA - USA 140.56 Wages listed as $160.00, amount received on May 17, 1886, was $140.56
Jacobsen, Adolph Seaman May 14, 1886 Boston, MA - USA 47.50 63.58 wages listed as $63.58, payment received on May 14, 1886, was $47.50.
Joseph, Wm. Seaman May 14, 1886 Boston, MA - USA 84.08 Wages listed as $93.00, amount received on May 14, 1886, was $84.08
Olsen, C. G. Seaman May 14, 1886 60.78 Wages listed as $93.00, amount received on May 14, 1886, was $60.78

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.