A letter to a Member of Parliament : proposing a plan of regulations for the better and more compleat manning the navy: which will comprehend the following advantages: I. The Abolition of that unnatural Practice of pressing our Seamen. II. The emphatical strengthening of the Power of the Crown. III. The relieving our Merchants from the Danger of losing their Property; and sometimes from the Loss of it, by Sea, in consequence of Pressing. IV. The Abolition of Pressing will be productive of an immense Saving of the Public Money. V. A moderate Increase of our Seamen's Wages will be trifling, when compared with the Savings made by abolishing Pressing; and will not only be perfectly equitable, but political. By Robert Nation; Formerly of the Royal Navy, and late Commander of a private Ship of War.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nation, Robert.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navies--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Navies.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Letters.

Physical Description:

19 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the author, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T38061.

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