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Portage Account

Date:	Sept. 3, 1878
Voyage:	Merom (d. San Francisco - a. New York)
Citation:	MS-90 b134f8

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Financial records

Mariner	Rank	Entry Date	Entry Port	Discharge Date	Discharge Port	Served	P	WPM	A	S	AA	H	BD
Byne, Frederick	Steward	Sept. 9, 1877	San Francisco, CA - USA	Aug. 31, 1877	Liverpool, England	22 (days)	469.33	40.00		2.70	370.00	5.20	91.43
Cromet, Lewis	Seaman	Oct. 15, 1877	San Francisco, CA - USA	Aug. 31, 1878	New York, NY - USA	16 (days)	231.73	22.00	50.00		49.67	4.70	127.36
Gardiot, Richard	Ordinary Seaman	Oct. 15, 1877	San Francisco, CA - USA	Aug. 31, 1878	New York, NY - USA	16 (days)	158.00	15.00	30.00	2.50	67.17	4.70	53.63
Haire, W.	Mate	Sept. 9, 1877	San Francisco, CA - USA	Aug. 31, 1878	Liverpool, England	22 (days)	586.67	50.00		33.33	413.93	5.20	131.11
Johnson, O.	Carpenter	Oct. 1, 1877	San Francisco, CA - USA	Aug. 31, 1878	Liverpool, England		330.00	30.00		14.00	140.37	4.90	170.73
Tonquist, E.	Seaman	Oct. 15, 1877	San Francisco, CA - USA	Aug. 31, 1878	New York, NY - USA	16 (days)	231.73	22.00	50.00	17.00	69.67	4.70	90.36

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.