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Ships’ muster rolls from the September 1766 – September 1767. Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 113.

Muster roll for the ship, the Duke of York , from the Port of Bristol to Africa and America, and back to the said Port of Bristol, 1764.
The Duke of York was reported to have 220 slaves on board, but only 176 were sold at South Carolina.

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: 1764

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