Account Book Entry
| Date: | None |
|---|---|
| Voyage: | John A. Briggs (d. Philadelphia ) |
| Citation: | MS-38 b2f16 |
Notes
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins, Daniel | Third Mate | Feb. 28, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 15.00 | 15.00 | 29.75 | From 2/28/1879 until 03/17/1879 12.50 per month converted from pounds on the document using $5 per pound | |||||||||||
| Edelman, Edwin | March 14, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | Aug. 14, 1879 | Hong Kong, China | 12.50 | 25.00 | 28.00 | 10.00 | Deserted at Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Ethelman, Edwin | 28.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Griffiths, Henry | Boy | Oct. 24, 1878 | Philadelphia, PA - USA | Oct. 24, 1879 | 120.00 | 10.00 | 46.86 | 85.35 | 4.60 | Owes 5.79 May be Harry Griffin | ||||||||
| Haas, Louis | Steward | Oct. 16, 1878 | Philadelphia, PA - USA | Oct. 8, 1879 | 358 (days) | 30.00 | 10.00 | 119.16 | ||||||||||
| Hagan, John | Boy | Oct. 2, 1878 | Philadelphia, PA - USA | Oct. 8, 1879 | 10.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 54.64 | Still on ship at Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Jensen, John | March 14, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 12.50 | 25.00 | 10.00 | converted from pounds on the document using $5 per pound | ||||||||||||
| Johnson, John | 24.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jonsson, Carls | March 14, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 12.50 | 25.00 | 13.00 | converted from pounds on the document using $5 per pound | ||||||||||||
| Lang, Philip | Able-Bodied Seaman | Feb. 28, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 12.50 | 15.00 | 12.00 | 0.75 | Cash advance at Hong Kong converted from pounds on the document using $5 per pound | ||||||||||
| Marleveld, D. | March 14, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 12.50 | 25.00 | 14.00 | Still on ship at Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| McNally, James | March 14, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 38.00 | Stowaway may be James McNelly | ||||||||||||||
| Naylor, George | Able-Bodied Seaman | March 14, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 25.00 | 19.00 | Cash advance at Hong Kong converted from pounds on the document using $5 per pound | ||||||||||||
| Newman, Louis | Ordinary Seaman | March 14, 1879 | Hong Kong, China | 10.00 | 20.00 | 8.40 | Cash advance says Cardiff although beginning date signifies Hong Kong converted from pounds on the document using $5 per pound | |||||||||||
| Nolan, John | Able-Bodied Seaman | Aug. 15, 1879 | Hong Kong, China | 16.99 | 12.00 | |||||||||||||
| Randall, Robert D. | Cook | Feb. 28, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | Oct. 8, 1879 | 220 (days) | 22.50 | 9.72 | 40.48 | ||||||||||
| Rig, John | Able-Bodied Seaman | Feb. 5, 1879 | March 5, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 12.50 | 2.50 | Deserted | |||||||||||
| Stafford, George | Able-Bodied Seaman | March 14, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 12.50 | 27.50 | 12.50 | Cash advance at Hong Kong converted from pounds on the document using $5 per pound | |||||||||||
| Talbot, William | Sept. 17, 1878 | Philadelphia, PA - USA | 15.00 | 15.00 | 78.47 | Still on ship at Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Thayer, Charles | Able-Bodied Seaman | Feb. 28, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 12.50 | 15.00 | 23.00 | Cash advance at Hong Kong converted from pounds on the document using $5 per pound | |||||||||||
| Williams, John | March 14, 1879 | Cardiff, Wales | 12.50 | 25.00 | 8.00 | On ship at Hong Kong converted from pounds on the document using $5 per pound | ||||||||||||
| Williams, William | Able-Bodied Seaman | Aug. 15, 1879 | Hong Kong, China | 16.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Youland, Leonard | Sept. 17, 1878 | Philadelphia, PA - USA | 370 (days) | 15.00 | 15.00 | 80.59 | Still on ship at Hong Kong |
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.
