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From ships’ muster roll book, 29th September 1772 – 29th September 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 57.
Muster roll for the ship, the Restoration , from Bristol to America and return, 1772.
Most muster rolls deal with one leg of any trading voyage, but note the crew as taken on in Bristol even if the voyage is stated to be from Jamaica . Some give the complete route, as this one.

The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors Hospital Fund (insurance).

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: 1772

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