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Ships’ muster rolls from 1767 – 1768; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 101.

Muster roll for the ship, the King George , sailing from Bristol to Africa, 1767.
The King George sailed for the Windward coast and thence to Dominica and St Kitts. The number of slaves bought and sold is not known. The entire voyage was completed in only 9 1/2 months.

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: 1767

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