Maine Maritime Museum

Portage Account

Date: June 18, 1892
Voyage: Merom (d. Portland Dec. 2, 1891 - a. Boston June 18, 1892)
Citation: MS-90 b142f12

Notes

None

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
Dierkes, Gustav Seaman Dec. 16, 1891 Portland, ME - USA June 18, 1892 Boston, MA - USA 3 (days) 109.80 18.00 9.80 25.00 7.24 67.76
Hagan, Frank W. Mate Dec. 2, 1891 Portland, ME - USA June 18, 1892 Boston, MA - USA 17 (days) 295.50 45.00 4.75 5.35 41.23 244.17
Larkins, James B. Seaman Dec. 17, 1891 Portland, ME - USA June 18, 1892 Boston, MA - USA 3 (days) 109.80 18.00 11.75 20.00 11.56 66.49
Larsen, L. J. Seaman Dec. 16, 1891 Portland, ME - USA June 18, 1892 Boston, MA - USA 3 (days) 109.80 18.00 4.80 20.00 11.56 73.44
Perkins, George W. Boy Dec. 16, 1891 Portland, ME - USA June 18, 1892 Boston, MA - USA 2 (days) 60.66 10.00 15.00 14.50 12.93 27.78
Stevens, Thomas Second Mate Dec. 2, 1891 Portland, ME - USA June 18, 1892 Boston, MA - USA 17 (days) 229.83 35.00 5.00 25.05 11.00 37.86 150.92
Thompson, Hy Ordinary Seaman Oct. 1, 1877 San Francisco, CA - USA Aug. 31, 1878 New York, NY - USA 198.00 18.00 24.60 134.04 4.90 34.46
Whitehead, John Steward Dec. 2, 1891 Portland, ME - USA June 18, 1892 Boston, MA - USA 17 (days) 262.67 40.00 15.00 11.30 75.63 160.74
Wickats, Luis Seaman Dec. 17, 1891 Portland, ME - USA June 17, 1892 Boston, MA - USA 1 (days) 108.60 18.00 24.64 15.00 16.17 52.79
Williams, Harry Seaman April 20, 1892 June 1, 1892 Boston, MA - USA 29 (days) 29.50 15.00 3.60 25.90

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.