Honolulu, November 24, 1869
I, the undersigned, Consul of the United States of America for Honolulu, and the dependencies thereof, do hereby certify, [torn] the day of the date hereof, before me, personally appeared Jared Jernegan 2, master of the Barque Roman, of New Bedford, and made oath, in due form of law, that the seamen or mariners hereinafter named, and who are noted on the crew list of the said vessel as deserters, absconded from the said ship "Roman", at the ports or places hereinafter named, without his knowledge or consent, at or about the times hereinafter placed opposite their names respectively.
And the said Jared Jernegan 2 d, master, further declared that the said seamen or mariners, deserters as aforesaid, were duly shipped at the time and place and for monthly wages and advance hereinafter, and as per contract of shipping articles; that the wages advanced abroad, expenses incurred on account of desertion, goods supplied to said seamen or mariners, as hereinafter stated opposite to their names respectively, were honestly, justly, and truly advanced, expended, incurred, and supplied, as, to and for account of said seamen or mariners; and he doth likewise declare, that the balance of wages due on account of said seamen or mariners, deserters as aforesaid, placed hereinafter opposite their respective names, as aforesaid, is the true, correct, and just balance which the said seamen or mariners would have been entitled to had they been duly discharged and paid off for the period of time mentioned, and for which he has to account to the collector of customs of the port where the crew of said vessel are accounted for, as forfeited wages, to become the property of the United States.
And I, the said Consul, for myself, do hereby certify, that Jared Jernegan, master aforesaid, exercised due diligence, with my co-operation and assistance, to recover and secure such of said seamen or mariners as deserted at this port, but without success.
| Names of Deserters. | Date of Shipment. | Place of Shipment. | Monthly Wages. | Place and Time of Desertion. | Time of Ser-vice on Board. | Wages due to day of desertion. | Advanced Wages. | Wages or moneys advanced abroad. | Expenses incurred on account of desertion. | Goods Supplied. | Amount of wages for-feited to become the property of the U.S. | ||||
| Month. | Day. | Port or Place. | Month. | Day. | Month. | Day. | |||||||||
18 |
69 | 18 |
69 | ||||||||||||
| Sebastian Cortez Silva | Oct | 13 | N. Bedfd | 1/95 | Honolulu | Nov 13 | 13. | [Written along the column: |
none in |
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| Enos Silas | " | 19 | " | 1/180 | " | " | 5 | 12 | 17 | All of | debt to ship | ||||
| Manl Gonsalves | " | 21 | " | 1/175 | " | " | 13 | 12 | 22 | these | |||||
| Jos Fogo | " | 21 | " | 1/190 | " | " | 13 | 12 | 22 | men | |||||
| James Shull | " | 26 | " | 1/180 | " | " | 5 | 12 | 10 | recd | |||||
| Anto. Joakim | " | 22 | " | 1/210 | " | " | 18 | 12 | 27 | advances | |||||
| Domingas Chiz | " | 22 | " | 1/210 | " | " | 18 | 12 | 27 | at home |
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| Geo T Fraser | " | 22 | " | 1/200 | " | " | 18 | 12 | 27 | and are |
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| Antone Perry | " | 26 | " | 1/190 | " | " | 20 | 12 | 23 | in debt |
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| M Hausmann | " | 26 | " | 1/200 | " | " | 5 | 12 | 10 | to ship] |
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| Franco de Amaral | " | " | " | 1/210 | " | " | 13 | 12 | 18 | ||||||
| Chas Frazer | " | 24 | " | 1/250 | " | " | 13 | 12 | 20 | ||||||
| Otto de la Chenaye | " | 27 | " | 1/210 | " | " | 13 | 12 | 17 | ||||||
| Edwd M Frazer | " | 24 | " | 1/180 | " | " | 25 | 13 | |||||||
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of this Consulate, the day and year above written.
[seal]
Thomas Adamson Jr.
U. S. Consul.
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