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Portage Bill

Date:	Sept. 29, 1879
Voyage:	Alice M. Minott (d. New Orleans Mar. 9, 1879 - a. Bath Sept. 29, 1879)
Citation:	MS-90 b42f16

Notes

Document shows sums paid to crew in cash at three ports that are hard to read: 1) Reval. Payments in R -- rupees? Rubles? at a given exchange rate of $0.50/R 2) Legusine(?). Payments in K -- kroner? at a given exchange rate of $0.28/K 3) St. Najair(?). Payments in F -- francs? at a given exchange rate of $0.20/F

Financial records

Mariner	Rank	Entry Date	Entry Port	Discharge Date	Discharge Port	Served	P	WPM	A	AA	H	BD	Notes
Blute, Silas	Cook	March 8, 1879	New Orleans, LA - USA	Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	23 (days)	182.70	27.00	35.00	29.50	2.71	115.49	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Britlund, C.	Seaman	June 28, 1879		Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	2 (days)	24.84	8.10		14.67	1.23	8.94	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Condon, Edward	Seaman	March 8, 1879	New Orleans, LA - USA	Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	23 (days)	108.27	16.00	35.00	33.30	2.71	37.26	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Herman, H.	Seaman	June 16, 1879		Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	14 (days)	28.08	8.10		6.72	1.29	19.97	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Hill, Joseph	Seaman	March 8, 1879	New Orleans, LA - USA	Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	23 (days)	108.27	16.00	35.00	32.42	2.71	38.14	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Jackson, Darius W.	Steward	Feb. 20, 1879	New Orleans, LA - USA	Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	8 (days)	254.33	35.00	45.00	107.00	2.91	99.42	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Linerstrom, Martin	Seaman	March 8, 1879	New Orleans, LA - USA	Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	23 (days)	108.27	16.00	35.00	45.48	2.71	25.08	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Lundin, Robert	Seaman	June 28, 1879		Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	2 (days)	24.84	10.33		12.00	1.23	18.27	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Murray, Alexander	Second Mate	March 5, 1879	New Orleans, LA - USA	Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	26 (days)	206.00	30.00	40.00	66.20	2.76	97.04	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Ostlin, J. G.	Seaman	June 28, 1879		Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	2 (days)	24.84	8.10		16.20	1.23	7.41	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Pesson, Carl Ang	Seaman	June 28, 1879		Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	2 (days)	24.84	8.10		14.67	1.23	8.94	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Syholm, Mathius	Seaman	June 30, 1879		Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	0 (days)	30.99	10.33		14.94	1.20	14.85	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
White, Michael	First Mate	March 4, 1879	New Orleans, LA - USA	Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	27 (days)	310.50	45.00	45.00	54.50	2.76	208.24	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.
Wright, Thomas	Seaman	March 8, 1879	New Orleans, LA - USA	Sept. 29, 1879	Bath, ME - USA	23 (days)	108.27	16.00	35.00	43.00	2.71	27.56	See notes for the document for information about amounts advanced abroad, where, in what currencies, and at what exchange rates.

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.