Maine Maritime Museum

Account of Wages

Date: Jan. 17, 1871
Voyage: Freeman Clark (d. San Francisco - a. Valencia)
Citation: MS-22 b322f13

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
Grunman, Charles Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 16.50 10.00 2.20 2.87 139.56 Paid off in Spanish dollars
Hicks, Alex Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 22.75 10.00 2.20 169.05 paid off in Spanish dollars
Holmes, Charles Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Sept. 7, 1870 Callao, Peru 134.66 20.00 46.00 30.00 11.50 1.40 45.76 deserted in Callao
Le Barque, Joseph Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 31.22 10.75 2.20 129.83 paid off in Spanish dollars
Leny, Louis Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 27.00 20.30 2.20 124.30 paid off in Spanish dollars
Mann, John Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Sept. 3, 1870 Callao, Peru 133.56 20.00 40.00 27.37 11.00 1.40 53.56 Deserted at Callao
McIntyre, J. G. Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 22.25 11.00 2.20 138.55 paid off in Spanish dollars
Olsen, Carl Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 250.00 46.00 41.12 34.50 2.20 126.18 02/16 to 07/16, 20.00 per month; 07/16 to 01/17, 25.00 per month Paid off in Spanish dollars
Olsen, John Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Sept. 10, 1870 Callao, Peru 25 (days) 136.66 20.00 40.00 37.50 10.00 1.40 45.76 deserted at Callao
Perris, Jack Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 86.12 10.00 2.20 125.68 paid off in Spanish dollars
Sargent, Francis Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 16.50 22.50 2.20 132.80 paid off in Spanish dollars
Snow, Seth Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 38.87 11.25 2.20 121.68 paid off in Spanish dollars
Talbot, Nathaniel Feb. 8, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 24.37 20.50 2.20 126.93 paid off in Spanish dollars
Wilson, Robert Feb. 16, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 220.00 20.00 46.00 8.00 11.75 2.20 112.05 paid off in Spanish dollars
York, John P. Steward Feb. 5, 1870 San Francisco, CA - USA Jan. 17, 1871 Valencia, Spain 317.92 80.50 15.00 75.00 1.00 146.42 From 02/05 to 08/05, 35.00 per month; from 08/05 to 01/17, 20.00 per month Paid off in Spanish dollars

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.