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Page from the Minutes of the Trustees for the Seamen’s Hospital for 6 February 1750. The first petitioner for help was William Cuzzins, who lost his sight on board a Bristol ship. He was awarded a pension of 3/6d per week.

The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.

Date: 1747 - 1769

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers