Maine Maritime Museum

Portage Account

Date: April 22, 1901
Voyage: Benjamin F. Packard (d. New York - a. New York)
Citation: MS-22 b249f12

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
Bruce, Charles W. Mate May 8, 1900 New York, NY - USA April 17, 1901 New York, NY - USA 10 (days) 623.33 55.00 8.05 75.00 185.28 Amount advanced abroad paid in Mexican, converted here to US at 50% the Mexican amount
Gordon, Thomas Seaman May 9, 1900 New York, NY - USA April 14, 1901 Hong Kong, China 6 (days) 201.60 18.00 44.36 18.00 46.25 90.49 Amount paid abroad, paid in Mexican, converted to US at 50% Mexican amount
Kennedy, Archey Seaman May 10, 1900 New York, NY - USA April 17, 1901 Hong Kong, China 8 (days) 202.80 18.00 21.00 18.00 49.75 114.05 Amount paid abroad, paid in Mexican, converted to US at 50% Mexican amount
Lee, John W. Second Mate May 8, 1900 New York, NY - USA April 17, 1901 New York, NY - USA 10 (days) 453.33 40.00 8.65 40.00 80.00 324.68 Amount advanced abroad paid in Mexican, converted here to US at 50% the Mexican amount
Roberts, E. W. Steward May 8, 1900 New York, NY - USA April 17, 1901 New York, NY - USA 10 (days) 453.33 40.00 181.50 191.83 Amount advanced abroad paid in Mexican, converted here to US at 50% the Mexican amount
Roberts, Mrs. Cook May 8, 1900 New York, NY - USA April 17, 1901 New York, NY - USA 10 (days) 283.33 25.00 55.00 128.33 Amount advanced abroad paid in Mexican, converted here to US at 50% 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.