Fair copy muster rolls in volume format.

Information relating to the following is provided in most cases: Ship name; Ship master's name and place of abode; Ship's tonnage; Port sailed from; Port arrived into. Information relating to individual crewmen is provided in most cases under following headings: Name; Age; Place of birth; Place of abode; First ship and master served with; When and where entered current ship; When and where discharged, run, or killed; When and where injured or wounded; Number of months and days on board ship. Entries also record the amount of money received by the Collector and the date on which this was received.

Enclosure:

i) Draft index of ships entered into Book 26 recording ship name, master's name, page number in volume, 1785-1787 (2 papers)

A manuscript index of the this muster roll was compiled by Professor Donald Woodward. The index to this volume records the ship's name, master's name and page number as they appear in the volume as well as, occasionally, information such as where the ship was from, what class of ship it was (ie; sloop, keel etc) and the type of trade it was involved in or the country/countries it traded with. It is available in the search room ref: C SRL/T/39/24