The Press-Gang Afloat and AshoreHutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
History
The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)
Great Britain -- History, Naval; Impressment
Gentlemen exempt from the impress, but judged by appearance and manner,
Gibbs, Capt.,
_Glory_, H.M.S.,
Gloucester, the press-gang at,
Gloucester Castle used as press-room, the keeper's magic palm,
Godalming, the press-gang at,
Golden, John, Lord Mayor's bargeman, wrongfully impressed,
Good, James, midshipman,
Goodave, Midshipman,
Gooding, Richard,
Gosport, the press-gang at,
Gravesend, the press-gang at,
Gray, John,
Great Yarmouth, press-gang at,
Greenock, crimpage at, press-gang at, Trades Guild,
Greenock ferries, the press-gang at,
Greenwich Hospital,
Grimsby, the press-gang at,
Habeas Corpus, writs of, as means of arresting, and so freeing, pressed
men for debts not owing,
Half-pay officers, their projects and inventions,
Hamoaze, the, an entrepôt for pressed men,
Harpooners exempt from impressment,
Harrison, Lieut.,
Hart, Alexander,
_Harwich_, H.M.S.,
Haverfordwest, press-gang at,
Hawke, Admiral Sir Edward,
_Hawke_, H.M.S.,
Haygarth, Lieut.,
Health and illness,
_Hector_, H.M.S.,
Herbert, Emanuel,
_Hind_ armed sloop,
_Historical Relation of State Affairs_. See Lutterell, N.,
Hogarth's "Stage Coach,"
Hook, Joseph,
_Hope_ tender,
Hotten, J. C., _List of Persons of Quality, etc., who went from England
to the American Plantations_,
Hull, press-gang at,
Humber, the press-gang on,
Hurst Castle, the press-gang at,
Ilfracombe, the press-gang at,
Impressment. See Pressed labour.,
Informers,
Inland waterways and the gang at one time without the jurisdiction of
the admirals,
Innes, Capt,
Ipswich, the press-gang at,
_Isis_, H.M.S.,
Isle of Man fishermen,
Jackson, Daniel, pressed from the Chester Volunteers,
Jamaica,
_Jason_, H.M.S.,
Jervis, John, Earl of St. Vincent,
Jews, pressed on account of bandy legs,
_John and Elizabeth_ pink,
John, King, impressment under,
Johnson, Rebecca Anne,
Jones, Paul,
Justice, A., _Dominion and Laws of the Sea_,
Keith, A., parson of the Fleet, _Observations on the Act for Preventing
Clandestine Marriages_,
Kilkenny, the press-gang at,
King's Lynn, press-gang at,
Kingston, William, case of,
_King William_, Indiaman,
_Lady Shore_, the,
Landsmen exempt only in theory,
Latham, Capt.,
Law officers' opinions on pressing,
Leave, stoppage of,
Leeds, the press-gang at,
Leith, crimpage at, press-gang at,
_Lennox_, H.M.S.,
Letting, John, pressed with two protections on him,
Lewis, Edward, chaplain,
Libraries, ships',
_Lichfield_, H.M.S.,
Licorne, H.M.S.,
Limehouse Hole, the press-gang at,
Lindsay, Admiral the Earl of, _Instructions_,
Linesmen on whalers exempt from impressment,
Liskeard, the press-gang at,
_List of Persons of Quality, etc., who went from England to the American
Plantations_. See Hotten, J. C.,
_Litchfield_, H.M.S.,
Littlehampton, the press-gang at,
Liverpool, crimpage at, press-gang at,
Lodden Bridge, the press-gang at,
London, the press-gang in,
Londonderry, the press-gang at,
Longcroft, Capt,
_Loo_, H.M.S.,
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