Maine Maritime Museum

Account Book Entry

Date: Sept. 22, 1855
Voyage: Holyhead (d. Liverpool - a. Calcutta)
Citation: MS-22 b343f20

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, William Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England May 4, 1856 Calcutta, India 25.00 30.75
Brown, John Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England March 26, 1856 Calcutta, India 2 (days) 67.30 11.10 25.00 24.00 18.30 monthly wages converted from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Green, John Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England March 24, 1856 Calcutta, India 2 (days) 67.30 11.10 25.00 16.80 monthly wages converted from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Jones, Henry Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England March 19, 1856 Calcutta, India 28.50
Lewis, John Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England Calcutta, India 25.00 30.70
Moore, John Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England April 30, 1856 Calcutta, India 40.00 68.45
Price, Henry Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England March 27, 1856 Calcutta, India 25.00 37.00
Reed, Edward Sept. 22, 1865 Liverpool, England March 21, 1856 Calcutta, India 2 (days) 67.30 12.50 25.00 1.20 2.00 24.35 monthly wages converted from British pounds @ $5 per pound
Richards, Charles Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England May 31, 1856 Calcutta, India 150.96 25.00 32.00 2.50 97.68 some amounts converted from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Smith, Seth Seaman Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England March 26, 1856 Calcutta, India 25.00 9.80
Starkey, Edward Seaman Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England 25.00
Walter, William A. Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England April 24, 1856 Calcutta, India 14 (days) 72.00 11.10 25.00 46.00 1.46 monthly pay converted from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
Ward, John Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England March 19, 1856 Calcutta, India 17 (days) 62.16 11.10 25.00 13.80 monthly wages converted from British pounds @ $4.44 per pound
White, John Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England 25.00
Willson, George Sept. 22, 1855 Liverpool, England March 26, 1856 Calcutta, India 67.30 11.10 25.00 23.50 18.80 monthly wages converted 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.