Maine Maritime Museum

Receipt

Date: Aug. 27, 1875
Voyage: Merom (d. San Francisco - a. Liverpool)
Citation: MS-90 b134f10

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
Bell, David San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 42.50 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Bryant, Patrick San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 43.75 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Clark, W. San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 43.75 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Collins, John San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 42.00
Davis, Thomas San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 43.75 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Deeble, Henry San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 43.75 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Douglas, William San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 43.75 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Furlong, Charles San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 42.50 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Howard, Phil San Diego, CA - USA Liverpool, England 90.00 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Montgomery, Joseph San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 45.00 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Obrine, Thomas San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 43.75 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Riley, W. San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 42.50 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Roelops, John San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 117.00 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound
Sheppard, William San Francisco, CA - USA Liverpool, England 43.75 Converted to US dollars @ $5 per pound

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.