"cy", perhaps "currency"? David On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:36 AM, rosalindthefair via <mariners@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Good morning list > I have been very quiet of late and so has the list. Hope everyone is OK. > > I was looking through the crew agreements in BT98/3005 in the National > Archives on Saturday and came across this note tucked into the agreement > for the Otter, which sailed from Liverpool July 1851. I thought it might be > of general interest. One cannot help but feel sorry for Mr Fox! > > Master Thomas Fox Liverpool and Nova Scotia > On the arrival of the Otter of Liverpool, Thomas Fox, Master, in Halifax, > Nova Scotia, the Mayor's Court there dictated upon application that the > ship's agreement was "an indifferent description of the Voyage" and not > binding on the Mate, Louis Hodge and he was discharged accordingly. After > which all the crew left the vessel on the same plea, thereby causing great > additional expense to the Ship, the wage in Halifax being £4.00 (cy?? no > idea what this might mean) per man. A most extraordinary decision in my > experience. The signature was illegible. > > The description is the usual sort of thing, from Liverpool to "Halifax to > the Mauritius from thence if required to any port or ports and places in > the Indian Ocean, China or Eastern Seas or wherever freight may offer and > back to Liverpool" I think it said not exceeding 2 years but I didn't write > that down. > > I thought Louis Hodge might have been French Canadian, but he gave his > birthplace somewhere in England. Mr Fox did manage to assemble a complete > replacement crew. I feel there has to be a story behind this! > > Clare Abbott > Oxford UK. Rain, thank goodness > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message