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Date:	Aug. 4, 1897
Voyage:	Aloha (d. New York - a. Sabine Pass)
Citation:	MS-22 b233f42

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Financial records

Mariner	Rank	Entry Date	Entry Port	Discharge Date	Discharge Port	Served	P	WPM	A	AA	BD	Notes
Brick, John	Seaman	April 28, 1897	New York, NY - USA	June 10, 1897	Colon	14 (days)	29.33	20.00	8.00		21.33	Died in Colon
Davis, A. P.	Second Mate	May 19, 1897	New York, NY - USA	Aug. 5, 1897	Sabine Pass, TX - USA	17 (days)	89.89	35.00		14.25	75.58
Edwards, R.	Seaman	June 29, 1897	Colon	Aug. 5, 1897	Sabine Pass, TX - USA	7 (days)	12.93	10.00		3.10	9.23
Edwards, A			Ship Island, MS - USA		Sabine Pass, TX - USA		5.00				5.00
Jeffers, Rudy	Seaman	June 29, 1897	Colon	July 17, 1897	Ship Island, MS - USA		0.30	0.50		0.25	0.05
Nielson, Charles	Seaman	June 29, 1897	Colon	Aug. 5, 1897	Sabine Pass, TX - USA	7 (days)	12.33	10.00		1.00	11.33
Nielssen, C.	Seaman	June 29, 1897	Ship Island, MS - USA	July 17, 1897	Sabine Pass, TX - USA		5.00				5.00
Schuur, Paul	Steward	April 9, 1897	New York, NY - USA	Aug. 5, 1897	Sabine Pass, TX - USA	27 (days)	136.50	35.00		65.44	71.06
Smith, Charles W.	Mate	April 20, 1897	New York, NY - USA	Aug. 5, 1897	Sabine Pass, TX - USA	16 (days)	141.30	40.00		27.30	114.03

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.