Maine Maritime Museum

Account Book Entry

Date: None
Voyage: John A. Briggs (d. San Francisco - a. Liverpool)
Citation: MS-38 b1f16

Notes

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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
Boye, Hans Carpenter Oct. 30, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA 35.00 70.00 42.00
Bush, Tomas Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA 20.00 60.00 41.00
Campbell, John Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA March 8, 1880 Liverpool, England 129 (days) 86.00 20.00 27.55 1.80 See also MS-38 b1f17
Carroll, Thomas Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA March 8, 1880 Liverpool, England 129 (days) 86.00 20.00 60.00 21.05 1.80 See also MS-38 b1f17 statement of payments
Corbet, Peter Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA March 8, 1880 Liverpool, England 129 (days) 86.00 20.00 60.00 17.50 1.80 See also MS-38 b1f17 statement of account
Donahue, Thomas Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA 20.00 60.00 2.75
Griffin, Henry Ordinary Seaman Oct. 24, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA March 8, 1880 Liverpool, England 133 (days) 66.50 15.00 37.50 22.40 5.79 1.80 See also MS-38 b1f17
Hassaese, George Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA April 10, 1880 Liverpool, England 107.92 20.00 60.00 5.04 8.94 2.20 0.75 30.99
Houlton, John Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA April 10, 1880 Liverpool, England 170 (days) 113.86 20.00 60.00 23.50 6.90 2.20 0.75 47.41
Jansen, John A. F. Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA April 13, 1880 Cardiff, Wales 164 (days) 109.24 20.00 60.00 27.04 8.45 2.20 0.75 9.72
Jones, Thomas Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA April 10, 1880 Liverpool, England 162 (days) 107.92 20.00 60.00 9.89 9.60 2.20 26.23
Lyons, John H. Steward Oct. 21, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA March 8, 1880 Liverpool, England 40.00 100.00 77.50 7.50 1.80 3.50 3.50 reflects expense on desertion See also MS-38 b1f17 statement of payments
Moore, Charles Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA 20.00 60.00 18.00
Newmarch, Robert Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA March 8, 1880 Liverpool, England 129 (days) 86.00 20.00 60.00 6.00 1.80 See also MS-38 b1f17 statement of payments
Path, Peter Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA 20.00 60.00 5.45 4.25 2.20 0.75
Porter, William Oct. 13, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA April 12, 1880 Liverpool, England 300.00 50.00 10.00 11.15 155.20 2.40 111.55
Randall, Robert D. Cook Oct. 16, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA March 8, 1880 Liverpool, England 145 (days) 157.50 35.00 87.50 70.15 31.59 1.80 0.50 41.81 See also MS-38 b1f17 statement of account
Stoddard, Fred Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA March 8, 1880 Liverpool, England 129 (days) 86.00 20.00 60.00 24.75 1.80 See also MS-38 b1f17
Thornton, Frank Ordinary Seaman Oct. 29, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA March 8, 1880 Liverpool, England 128 (days) 64.00 15.00 50.00 20.90 5.00 1.80 See also MS-38 b1f17
Walter, Eugene Ordinary Seaman Oct. 22, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA 15.00 45.00 11.80
Youland, Leonard Able-Bodied Seaman Oct. 16, 1879 San Francisco, CA - USA 20.00 11.00 16.45

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.