Maine Maritime Museum

Articles of Agreement

Date: Aug. 23, 1877
Voyage: Florence P. Hall (d. Jonesport Aug. 23, 1877 - a. Windsor)
Citation: MS-65 b95f3

Notes

"... Jonesport to Windsor N.S. thence to some port in the United States."

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
Dobbins, Chas. J. Master Aug. 23, 1877 Jonesport, ME - USA
Dunbar, Horace Seaman Aug. 23, 1877 Jonesport, ME - USA
Dunbar, Josiah Seaman Aug. 23, 1877 Jonesport, ME - USA
French, A. S, Mate Aug. 23, 1877 Jonesport, ME - USA
Hogfen, A. F. Cook Aug. 23, 1877 Jonesport, ME - USA

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.