Impressment Fully Considered with a View to Its Gradual Abolition
by Captain Anselm John Griffiths R.N
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About This Item
London: J.W.Norie and Co, 1826 Printed for the author by J.J.Hadley, Cheltenham, vii,+ii, 262pp+erata housed in a modern hardback binding. "Since I came on shore, having no residence, I have passed the half of each year in wandering nearly sixteen thousand miles, have visited almost all the sea ports of England and Scotland, and held familiar coversation with the Seamen, without either begging the question, or permitting them to know who I was, or the object in view." Published in 1826 the authors investigation must have taken some years. After the cessation of hostilities with France and the down sizing of the fleet after 1815 the need for impressment became less 'pressing' and was abandoned informally. However the last law passed in 1835 re-affirmed the power to Impress and Impressment remained legal until 1900. These laws have never been repealed. A scarce item in the original.
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- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24185
- Title
- Impressment Fully Considered with a View to Its Gradual Abolition
- Author
- Captain Anselm John Griffiths R.N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J.W.Norie and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1826
- Size
- 215x135mm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.