The Press-Gang Afloat and AshoreHutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
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The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
Great Britain -- History, Naval; Impressment
_Britannia_ trading vessel,
three of the crew shot in resisting the
press-gang, the ship captured and taken to port,
the affair not within the coroner's purview, the bodies
buried at sea, court-martial acquits officers,
Brixham, the press-gang at,
Broadfoot case, the,
Broadstairs fishermen, the press-gang at, Bromley, Capt. Sir Robert,
Bullard, Richard, a fiddler persuaded to go to Woolwich to play and for
payment was handed to the gang,
_Bull-Dog_ sloop,
Burchett, Josiah, _Observations on the Navy_,
Burrows, Sam,
Butler, Capt.,
Byron, Lord,
Calahan, a gangsman, killed in attempting an arrest,
Cambridge bargemen, press-gang among,
Campbell, Admiral,
Cape Breton,
Caradine, Samuel,
Carey, Rev. Lucius,
Carmarthen, Admiral the Marquis of,
Carolina,
Carpenters, conditions of exemption, on warships on coast of Scotland
could be replaced by shipwrights pressed from the yards,
Carrying the ship up,
Cartel ships,
Castle, William, an alien, impressed on his honeymoon,
Castleford, the press-gang at,
Cawsand safe from the press-gang,
Cecil, William, Lord Burleigh,
_Centurion_, H.M.S., Anson's flagship, whose crew on their return had
life-protection from the press,
Chaplains,
Charles II.,
Chatham, crimpage at,
_Chatham_, H.M.S.,
Chester, the press-gang at
_Chevrette_ corvette,
Clapp, Midshipman,
Clark, George,
Clephen, James,
_Clincher_ gun-brig,
Cockburn, Bailie, of Leith,
Cogbourne's electuary,
Coke, Sir E.,
Collingwood, Admiral Lord, Lieut,
Colvill, Admiral Lord,
Colville, Lieut.,
Convoys,
Conyear, John,
Cooper, Josh,
Cork, crimpage at, the press-gang at,
Comet bomb ship,
Cornwall, the press-gang in,
Coversack, safe from the press-gang,
Coventry, Mr. Commissioner,
Coventry, sham gangs at,
Cowes, press-gang at,
Crabb, Henry,
Crews depleted by the press-gang,
Crick, William,
Crimps, as sham gangsmen,
Cromer, the suspicions of the inhabitants,
bring the press-gang, to take a noted Russian,
Crown Colonies, desertions in,
Croydon, the press-gang around,
Cruickshank, John, chaplain,
Culverhouse, Capt.,
Customs, Board of,
Dansays, Capt.,
Danton, Midshipman,
Darby, Capt.,
Dartmouth, H.M.S.,
Dartmouth, press-gang at,
Davidson, Samuel, of Newcastle, applies for life protection
"DD," discharged dead, in muster books against names of persons
deceased,
Deal, press-gang at,
cutters,
Death of sailor in resisting impress, "accidental",
Debusk, John, shot by the press-gang, on the Britannia,
Dent, Capt.,
Deptford, the press-gang at,
Desertion from the Navy,
Devonshire, H.M.S.,
Dipping the flag,
Director, H.M.S.,
Discipline in the Navy,
Disinfecting a ship,
Dispatch sloop,
Dolan, Edward,
Dominion and Laws of the Sea., See Justice, A.,
Dorsetshire, H.M.S.,
Douglas, Capt. Andrew,
Dover, press-gang at,
Downs, crimpage in the,
press-gang in,
Doyle, Lieut,
Dreadnought, H.M.S.,
Drummers pressed for the Navy,
Dryden, Michael, illegally pressed,
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