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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 1793 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 174.
Muster roll for the ship, the Swift , 1792.
The Swift left Bristol for Isle de los, Sierra Leone, carrying £6007.19s.2d worth of trade goods. Only 27 slaves were bought, and 124 were sold in Barbados.
See also Articles of Agreement for the ship, the Swift .
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: 1792
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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 1793 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 171.
Muster roll for the ship, the Favourite , 1792.
The Favourite left Bristol bound for Calabar in West Africa. 156 enslaved Africans were carried to Jamaica, with 38 dying before the ship left Africa, or on the Atlantic voyage.
See also Articles of Agreement for the ship, the Favourite .
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: 1792
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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 29th September 1772 – 29th September 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 76.
Muster roll for the ship, the Providence , for a voyage from Bristol to Hamburg, South Carolina and so to London.
The ship may have sailed via Hamburg in Germany to pick up goods for the South Carolina market. From London, the ship went to St Petersburg in Russia and back to Bristol.
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: 1770's
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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 1793 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 160.
Muster roll for the ship, the Pilgrim. The ship left Bristol for Bonny in West Africa and carried probably 419 enslaved Africans to St Vincent. Reports show that 15 or 16 died during the voyage.
The crew is a very mixed one, with sailors from Bristol, Gloucester, Chippenham, Pensford and Kingswood locally. There are also crew from London, Wales, Cumberland, Edinburgh, Oxford, America, Norway, Denmark, Spain and Anguilla.
See also articles of agreement for the ship, the Pilgrim .
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: 1793
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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 29th September 1772 – 29th September 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 70.
Muster roll for the ship, the Betsey, from Africa and South Carolina, 1771.
There were four ships called the Betsey involved in the slave trade. This one, on this voyage, sold 285 or 279 enslaved Africans from Angola in West Africa.
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: 1771
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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 29th September 1772 – 29th September 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 61.
Muster roll for the ship, the Golden Grove , for a voyage from Bristol to Jamaica, and back to Bristol, 1771.
The Golden Grove would have been carrying manufactured goods and foodstuffs out to the colonies. It was part of colonial policy that the colonies should be depandent on the manufactures of Britain, to keep industry in business at home. The merchant navy were employed in transporting goods.
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: 1771
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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 29th September 1772 – 29th September 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 54.
Muster roll for the ship, the Wells , from St Kitts, 1772.
The Wells , with a crew of only nine, would have been carrying foodstuffs and manufactured goods out and bringing sugar, rum, etc back to Bristol.
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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Muster roll
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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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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 29th September 1772 – 29th September 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 55.
Muster roll for the ship, the Thomas , from Africa and Virginia, 1771.
Nine crew died on the voyage. 200 slaves were advertised for sale in Vrginia.
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: 1771
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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 29th September 1772 – 29th September 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 40.
Muster roll from the ship, the Aunt Polly , for a voyage from Jamaica, 1771. A number of the crew were discharged in Jamaica, and new crew were taken on for the voyage back to Bristol.
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: 1771
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