Maine Maritime Museum

Payroll

Date: Dec. 11, 1900
Voyage: Benjamin F. Packard ( - a. Hong Kong)
Citation: MS-22 b249f12

Notes

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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
Bruce, C. W. Mate Dec. 11, 1900 Hong Kong, China 75.00 Payments to officers and men that stayed by ship Converted from Mexican at 50% of the Mexican amount
Gordon, Thomas Seaman Dec. 11, 1900 Hong Kong, China 46.25 46.25 Payments to officers and men that stayed by ship Converted from Mexican at 50% of the Mexican amount
Hansen, T. Carpenter Dec. 11, 1900 Hong Kong, China 100.00 100.00 Payments to officers and men that stayed by ship Converted from Mexican at 50% of the Mexican amount
Kennedy, A. J. Seaman Dec. 11, 1900 Hong Kong, China 49.75 49.75 Payments to officers and men that stayed by ship Converted from Mexican at 50% of the Mexican amount
Lee, John W. Second Mate Dec. 11, 1900 Hong Kong, China 80.00 80.00 Payments to officers and men that stayed by ship Converted from Mexican at 50% of the Mexican amount
Roberts, E. Steward Dec. 11, 1900 Hong Kong, China 181.50 181.50 Payments to officers and men that stayed by ship Converted from Mexican at 50% of the Mexican amount
Roberts, Mrs. E. Stewardess Dec. 11, 1900 Hong Kong, China 155.00 155.00 Payments to officers and men that stayed by ship Converted from Mexican at 50% of the Mexican amount

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.