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Muster roll

Muster roll

Description:

Ships’ muster rolls, 29th September 1769 – 29th September 1770; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 35.
Muster roll for the ship, the Wells , sailing to Bristol from the island of St Christophers in the Caribbean. The ship probably had a cargo containing goods produced on the plantation, such as rum, sugar or tobacco.

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: 29th Sep 1769 - 29th Sep 1770

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers

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