Maine Maritime Museum

Consul Document

Date: Sept. 1, 1853
Voyage: Commerce (d. Liverpool - a. United States)
Citation: MS-22 b276f15

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
Bell, James Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Connor, John Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England
Corriveau, John Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Derry, James Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England
Dunmoody, William Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Frederick, Alexander Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Greer, John Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Gunning, James Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Kennedy, Thomas Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Leimeux, Nazaire Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Lindsey, William Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
McCartney, Alexander Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
McGowan, Patrick Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England
McMinn, Andrew Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
McPeake, John Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Ladysmith, B.C., Canada 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Murray, Edward Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Paisley, James Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Reiley, John Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 17.76 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Rush, James Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England
Smith, James Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Smith, Robert Seaman Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 9.99 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Williams, Joseph Sept. 1, 1853 Liverpool, England 22.20 converted to US dollars from British pounds @ $4.44 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.