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accounts of two separate voyages, illustrate the nature and 

 variety of these incidental items. Some of the expenditures 

 were borne by the owners j but a good percentage of them 

 represented charges against individual members of the crew. 



Miscellaneous Debit Entries From the Crew-Accounts of the Ship 

 Alice Mandelly 1 8 5 I - 1 8 5 5 



♦These items refer to charges in connection with a military prison, instead 

 of an ordinary jail. 



Miscellaneous Debit Entries From the Crew- Accounts of the Ship 

 Wm. C. Nye, 1851-1853 



Medicine & Doctors fee 



Board bill 



Visiting Ship 



For Securing 2 Natives 



Consul fees for shipping 



I man 

 Shipping 12 Men & 2 



Certificate 



In addition to these seagoing debits, which originated with 

 the master during the course of a voyage, there were also land- 

 lubber debits growing out of the activities of the agents in the 

 home port. Towering above all other items in this second 

 series was the outfitter's bill. To the whaleman the outfitter 

 was a parasitical nemesis. Existing primarily to provide neces- 

 sary equipment which the penniless and inexperienced hands 



