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Ships’ muster rolls, from 29th Sep 1772 – 29th Sep 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 98.

Muster roll for the ship the Neptune , which sailed from Bristol to Nevis and back to Bristol in 1773. The ship would have carried provisions and other goods to the plantations on the island and bought back goods placed there, such as sugar.

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: 1773

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