1media/outfitting_sheets/thumbs/003-02-03_02_48_03.jpg2023-05-05T15:21:09+00:00Jordan Goffin051e893d1adf4975a3ccfe543e6b32c8bf77482d11Crew outfitting sheet for Boatsteerer, Joseph Gomez, sent to Samuel Osborn Jr. From the voyage from 16 October 1887 to March 1890 under Master William A. Martin.2023-05-05T15:21:09+00:001887Jordan Goffin051e893d1adf4975a3ccfe543e6b32c8bf77482d
12022-06-01T20:46:14+00:00Outfitting Sheets5plain2023-05-17T18:35:46+00:00Outfitting sheets recorded supplies purchased from the ship by members of the crew. Crew members were a captive audience, since there was no other sources for things like clothes, tools or tobacco. The cost of items was therefore often substantially higher than it would have been on land, and some whalers finished voyages in debt.