Tack about: or, A new model of a marine establishment for raising seamen for the continual service of Her Majesty's fleet : being a plain, easy, and practicable method to raise seamen upon any juncture sufficient speedily to man a very considerable fleet and defend our trade without the excessive charges of impress-money, impress-lieutenants, patches, or bounty-money ... / most humbly recommended to Her Most Sacred Majesty and the present Parliament of England.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

C. W.

Contributor:

Great Britain. Sovereign (1707-1714 : Anne)

England and Wales. Parliament.

Series:

Making of the modern world

Making of the Modern World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England and Wales. Royal Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

England and Wales.

England and Wales. Royal Navy.

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

Sailors.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Tack about

New model of a marine establishment for raising seamen

Place of Publication:

London : Printed and sold by John Nutt ..., 1703.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"To which is added upon the same ground of establishment a probable method to supply continual convoys to support our New-Castle trade without the charges of wages to maintain or raise such convoy-seamen to the government and keep coals at a moderate price."

Dedication signed: C.W.

Includes a proposed act of Parliament to effect the method advocated.

Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 03980.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns

OCLC:

65324698

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.