Portage Account
| Date: | Feb. 28, 1881 |
|---|---|
| Voyage: | Standard ( - a. Liverpool Feb. 5, 1881) |
| Citation: | MS-90 b169f01 |
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| Mariner | Rank | Entry Date | Entry Port | Discharge Date | Discharge Port | Served | P | WPM | WPR | A | S | CA | AA | H | SF | F&F | BD | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August, Frank | Seaman | Oct. 8, 1880 | Feb. 5, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 28 (days) | 98.33 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 8.50 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 27.48 | ||||||
| King, C | Second Mate | Aug. 10, 1880 | Feb. 8, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 0 (days) | 140.00 | 35.00 | 70.00 | 17.55 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 50.45 | See Voyage notes for the reason that it is probable that the Standard arrived in Liverpool. | |||||
| Marshall, John P | Mate | Sept. 14, 1880 | Feb. 28, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 15 (days) | 288.75 | 52.50 | 2.00 | 286.75 | The Mate's wages per month are very difficult to make out. I divided the whole wages by5.5 and got 52.36. A reading of the Mates wages could be 52.50. This seems to be reasonable given that the second mate got 35.00/month. The date of discharge is 02/28/1881 because the computer would not accept 02/29/1881 which is the date given in the document. | ||||||||
| Martin, William | Seaman | Oct. 7, 1880 | Feb. 5, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 29 (days) | 99.17 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 16.00 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 20.82 | ||||||
| Mayer, Harry? | Seaman | Oct. 7, 1880 | Feb. 5, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 29 (days) | 99.14 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 36.82 | |||||||
| Osburn, Sam | Seaman | Oct. 7, 1880 | Feb. 5, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 29 (days) | 99.17 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 10.75 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 26.04 | ||||||
| Purnell?, Dan? | Seaman | Oct. 7, 1880 | Feb. 5, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 29 (days) | 99.17 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 34.25 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 2.54 | ||||||
| Smith, John | Seaman | Oct. 8, 1880 | Feb. 5, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 29 (days) | 99.14 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 4.50 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 32.32 | ||||||
| Svensan, J | Seaman | Oct. 7, 1880 | Feb. 5, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 29 (days) | 99.17 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 46.75 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Tobissen, Nils | Seaman | Oct. 8, 1880 | Feb. 5, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 28 (days) | 98.33 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 1.50 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 34.48 | ||||||
| Tweed, Dan? | Seaman | Oct. 8, 1880 | Feb. 5, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 28 (days) | 98.33 | 25.00 | 60.00 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 35.98 | |||||||
| Wayne, J L | Cook | Oct. 8, 1880 | Feb. 9, 1881 | Liverpool, England | 2 (days) | 122.00 | 30.00 | 60.00 | 21.50 | 1.60 | 0.75 | 38.15 |
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.
