Maine Maritime Museum

Portage Account

Date: Oct. 19, 1904
Voyage: Edward Sewall (d. San Francisco - a. Philadelphia)
Citation: MS-22 b295f17

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
Boland, Ed. Able-Bodied Seaman April 29, 1904 San Francisco, CA - USA Oct. 13, 1904 Philadelphia, PA - USA 15 (days) 137.50 25.00 5.45 20.00 30.00 5.00 77.05
Faber, D. J. Boy April 29, 1904 San Francisco, CA - USA Oct. 13, 1904 Philadelphia, PA - USA 15 (days) 82.50 15.00 15.90 17.05 49.55
Fisher, George Able-Bodied Seaman April 29, 1904 San Francisco, CA - USA Oct. 13, 1904 Philadelphia, PA - USA 15 (days) 137.50 25.00 22.15 20.00 25.00 31.67 33.68
Harter, Ed. Second Mate April 28, 1904 San Francisco, CA - USA Oct. 13, 1904 Philadelphia, PA - USA 16 (days) 221.33 40.00 6.29 20.00 70.00 125.04
Kummette, J. A. Mate April 28, 1904 San Francisco, CA - USA Oct. 13, 1904 Philadelphia, PA - USA 16 (days) 332.00 60.00 14.15 60.00 58.75 199.10
Unokue, F. Cook and Steward April 29, 1904 San Francisco, CA - USA Oct. 13, 1904 Philadelphia, PA - USA 15 (days) 266.67 50.00 5.15 55.00 207.19 April 29 thru May 21 wages were 40 per month
Wickman, J. Carpenter May 1, 1904 San Francisco, CA - USA Oct. 13, 1904 Philadelphia, PA - USA 13 (days) 217.33 40.00 56.00 161.33

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.