Maine Maritime Museum

Articles of Agreement

Date: June 4, 1886
Voyage: James Warren (d. Jonesport June 4, 1886 - a. St. John)
Citation: MS-65 b99f4

Notes

"Jonesport for St. John N. B. and return to one or more Ports in the united States and fully (?) discharged..." Note that names are probably offset one line down from "Stations" entries. There is no name entered on the line for "Master". Wm. Falkington's name is on the same line as "Cok" and Phillip Falkington's name is on the first "seaman" line.

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
Beal, John W. Seaman June 4, 1886 Jonesport, ME - USA 18.00
Falkingham, Philip Cook June 4, 1886 Jonesport, ME - USA 22.00 Note that names are probably offset one line down from "Stations" entries in the document (see Articles of Agreement 06/04/1886, MS-65 b99f4 -- Notes field). While this mariner's name is on the first "seaman" line on the document, he is shown here as Cook since he was listed as Cook on the previous (04/20/1886) voyage of the James Warren.
McDonald, Anges Seaman June 4, 1886 Jonesport, ME - USA 15.00
Nolten, Edwin Seaman June 4, 1886 Jonesport, ME - USA 18.00

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.