Maine Maritime Museum

Articles of Agreement

Date: Oct. 15, 1861
Voyage: Holyhead (d. London - a. New York)
Citation: MS-22 b344f3

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
Boyle, John Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Brown, William Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Campbell, James Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Doten, Henery Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Haines, Charles Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Haney, William W. Second Mate Oct. 8, 1861 London, England 27.50 27.50 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Kloosterhuis, Henrie Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Lawrence, Joseph Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Leopoldo, Pistoy Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Mccan, James Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Napoleon, Louis Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Pender, Thomas Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Peters, Frank Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Smith, Charles H. Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00
Thestrup, Charles Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Waterman, Martin T. Seaman Oct. 9, 1861 London, England 13.75 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 per pound
Wilson, Charles Seaman Oct. 15, 1861 London, England 13.75 15.00 converted from British pounds @ 5.00 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.