Maine Maritime Museum

Articles of Agreement

Date: June 19, 1868
Voyage: Hermon (d. Baltimore - a. Acapulco)
Citation: MS-22 b340f6

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
Brown, Thomas Cook June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 30.00 60.00
Burns, H. Carpenter June 12, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 30.00 60.00
Chaplin, Joshua Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00
Costello, Andrew Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00
Dorry, Rudolph Boy June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 10.00
Foster, James Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00
Gardner, Charles Steward June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 35.00 35.00
Jameson, Charles G. Mate June 10, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 60.00 120.00
Lambert, John Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00
McIntire, John N. Second Mate June 10, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 45.00 75.00
McMillen, F. Boy June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 10.00 20.00
Morse, J. Frank Boy June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 10.00
Righen, Henry Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00
Schafer, W. Ordinary Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 20.00 40.00
Schutt, Peter Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00
Scott, Charles Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00
Stanley, William Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00
Stenster, Claus Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00
Welsh, John Ordinary Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 20.00 40.00
Williams, John Seaman June 18, 1868 Baltimore, MD - USA 25.00 50.00

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.