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Portage Account

Date:	Jan. 11, 1889
Voyage:	Alice Archer (d. Cartegena - a. New Orleans)
Citation:	MS-22 b229f6

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Financial records

Mariner	Rank	Entry Date	Entry Port	Discharge Date	Discharge Port	Served	P	WPM	CA	AA	BD
English, Somers	Seaman	Sept. 9, 1888	Cartegena	Jan. 12, 1889	New Orleans, LA - USA	4 (days)	103.34	25.00	15.00	18.89	69.45
Huse, Frank	Second Mate	Sept. 9, 1888	Cartegena	Jan. 11, 1889	New Orleans, LA - USA	3 (days)	112.70	27.50	6.00	34.20	72.50
Marshall, Charles C.	Seaman	Aug. 23, 1888	Cartegena	Jan. 12, 1889	New Orleans, LA - USA	21 (days)	117.50	25.00		5.85	11.65
Martin, John	Seaman	Sept. 9, 1888	Cartegena	Jan. 12, 1889	New Orleans, LA - USA	4 (days)	103.34		15.00	16.10	72.24
Polyblank, Edwin	Mate	Aug. 22, 1888	Cartegena	Jan. 19, 1889	New Orleans, LA - USA	29 (days)	198.67	40.00	20.00	33.54	145.10
Sulivan, Charles	Seaman	Nov. 1, 1888	Cartegena	Jan. 12, 1889	New Orleans, LA - USA	12 (days)	12.00	5.00		1.00	11.00
Wah, Yong	Cook

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.