Maine Maritime Museum

Payroll

Date: Sept. 21, 1865
Voyage: America (d. St. John - a. Bristol)
Citation: MS-22 b235f10

Notes

None

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
Albee, W. Steward St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 50.00 converted from English pounds @ $5.00 per pound
Costigan, H. Seaman St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 15.00 converted from English pounds @ $5.00 per pound
Cunningham, W. St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 8.50 converted from English pounds @ $5.00 per pound
Edivene, William Mate St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 90.00 converted from English pounds @ $5.00 per pound
Hines, C. Carpenter St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 92.50 converted from English pounds @ $5.00 per pound
Johnson , E. Seaman St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 43.75
Lake, J. Boy St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 7.50 converted from English pounds @ $5.00 per pound
Lewis, F. Seaman St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 7.75
Ryan, C. Cook St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 85.00
Sullivan, S. Second Mate St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 67.50 converted from English pounds @ $5.00 per pound
Theobert, W. Boy St. John, New Brunswick Sept. 21, 1865 Bristol, England 5.00 converted from English pounds @ $5.00 per pound

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.