Maine Maritime Museum

Portage Bill

Date: March 29, 1884
Voyage: Iroquois (d. San Francisco - a. Liverpool)
Citation: MS-22 b362f4

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
Aikins, Charles Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 28, 1884 Liverpool, England 6 (days) 105.00 25.00 75.00 12.55 1.80 15.65 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Braum, Charles Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 104.16 25.00 75.00 13.00 1.80 14.36 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Broman, G. Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 28, 1884 Liverpool, England 6 (days) 105.00 25.00 75.00 11.35 1.80 16.85 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Burns, William Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 83.33 20.00 60.00 10.55 1.80 10.98 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Christiansen, A. Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 104.16 25.00 75.00 11.45 1.80 15.91 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Haksen, Godltred Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 83.33 20.00 60.00 11.33 1.80 10.20 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Holms, Olaf Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 29, 1884 Liverpool, England 7 (days) 105.83 25.00 75.00 14.50 1.80 14.53 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Jansen, Peter Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 28, 1884 Liverpool, England 6 (days) 105.00 25.00 75.00 8.90 1.80 19.30 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Jansen, H. Jatey Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 83.33 20.00 60.00 13.90 1.80 7.63 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Jansen, H. Jatey Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 83.33 20.00 60.00 13.90 1.80 7.63 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Jenkins, James Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 29, 1884 Liverpool, England 7 (days) 105.83 25.00 75.00 6.70 1.80 22.33 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Johnson, Andrew Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 15, 1884 22 (days) 93.33 25.00 75.00 12.10 1.60 Drowned at sea
Kearney, James Ordinary Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 83.33 20.00 60.00 10.65 1.80 10.88 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Lifvergren, J. T. Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 104.16 25.00 75.00 12.50 1.80 14.86 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Lokenvick, G. Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 104.16 25.00 75.00 1.00 1.80 26.36 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Long, David L. Second Mate Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA April 2, 1884 Liverpool, England 16 (days) 174.66 40.00 80.00 4.25 1.80 88.61 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Lovell, T. Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 28, 1884 Liverpool, England 6 (days) 105.00 25.00 75.00 7.00 1.80 21.20 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Luinsted, Jacob Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 104.16 25.00 75.00 15.30 1.80 12.06 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Petersen, Charles Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 27, 1884 Liverpool, England 5 (days) 104.16 25.00 75.00 13.80 1.80 13.56 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Smith, John Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 28, 1884 Liverpool, England 6 (days) 105.00 25.00 75.00 13.25 1.80 14.95 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Smith, John Seaman Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 28, 1884 Liverpool, England 6 (days) 105.00 25.00 75.00 18.15 1.80 10.05 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Waitt, William Boatswain Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 29, 1884 Liverpool, England 7 (days) 118.53 28.00 75.00 22.25 1.80 19.48 Balance paid in British pounds, rate of exchange 4.86
Ward, William J. Boatswain Nov. 22, 1883 San Francisco, CA - USA March 29, 1884 Liverpool, England 7 (days) 118.53 28.00 75.00 23.10 1.80 18.63

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.