Maine Maritime Museum

Consular Certificate

Date: July 21, 1856
Voyage: George Turner (d. New York - a. Mobile)
Citation: MS-93 b1f10

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
Bamwall, Thomas Seaman July 21, 1856 New York, NY - USA 20.00 12.00
Barnes, John Seaman July 22, 1856 New York, NY - USA 20.00 12.00
Boyle, James Second Mate July 21, 1856 New York, NY - USA May 6, 1857 Mobile, AL - USA 214.98 20.00 12.00 Shipped on as seaman and became 2nd mate somewhere during the voyage
Brown, John Seaman July 22, 1856 New York, NY - USA 20.00 12.00
Chadwick, John Seaman July 22, 1856 New York, NY - USA 20.00 12.00
Fleaming, William Second Mate July 21, 1856 New York, NY - USA 28.00 28.00
Hagan, J. Seaman July 22, 1856 New York, NY - USA 20.00 12.00
Haley, Fred Mate July 19, 1856 New York, NY - USA 40.00 40.00 202.65
Jones, James Seaman July 21, 1856 New York, NY - USA 20.00 12.00
Jordan, Edward Cook 30.00 30.00
McAlister, D. Ordinary Seaman Nov. 21, 1856 New York, NY - USA 18.00 10.00
McVay, Edward Seaman July 22, 1856 New York, NY - USA 20.00 12.00
Richards, Thomas Seaman July 22, 1856 New York, NY - USA 20.00 12.00
Sullivan, Eugene Ordinary Seaman July 21, 1856 New York, NY - USA 12.00 10.00
White, John Seaman July 22, 1856 New York, NY - USA 20.00 12.00

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.