Maine Maritime Museum

Articles of Agreement

Date: April 2, 1884
Voyage: J. C. Nash (d. Jonesport Apr. 2, 1884 - a. New York)
Citation: MS-65 b99f2

Notes

"Jonesport to St John NB from there to New York and back to a port North of Cape Cod ..."

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
Batson, Frank L? Cook April 2, 1884 Jonesport, ME - USA On the document, names below the first probably are offset one line; the Name column is blank for "Mate" and the Station column is blank for the last name listed. Although this mariner's name is on the line for "Seaman", this mariner is shown here as "Cook" given the rank held by on other mariners for this and other voyages on this vessel.
Crowley, A. L. Master April 2, 1884 Jonesport, ME - USA
Crowley, O. L. Mate April 2, 1884 Jonesport, ME - USA On the document, names below the first probably are offset one line; the Name column is blank for "Mate" and the Station column is blank for the last name listed. Although this mariner's name is on the line for "Cook", this mariner is given the rank he held on earlier voyages, based on other documents for other voyages on this vessel and with this master.
Rogers, Alonzo N. Seaman April 2, 1884 Jonesport, ME - USA On the document, names below the first probably are offset one line; the Name column is blank for "Mate" and the Station column is blank for this mariner -- the last name listed. This mariner is shown here as "Seaman", based on the rank held by other mariners for this and other voyages on this vessel.
Wright, L. G. Seaman April 2, 1884 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.