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Wages advance slip

Sailors wages advance slip

Description:

Document: Wages advance slip for a sailor on the ship the Fame . Sailors going to Africa were paid two months wages in advance. They used the money to pay off debts or to equip themselves for the 12 month voyage.

Date: 24 March 1792

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

Object ID:CO 107/6

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