An Appeal to the British Nation on the Humanity and Policy of Forming a National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck (1825)

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An Appeal to the British Nation on the Humanity and Policy of Forming a National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck (1825)

by Sir William Hillary

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AN APPEAL - TO THE - BRITISH NATION, - ON THE - Humanity and Policy - OF FORMING - A NATIONAL INSTITUTION, - FOR THE PRESERVATION OF - LIVES AND PROPERTY - FROM - SHIPWRECK.

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BY SIR WILLIAM HILLARY, BARONET. - AUTHOR OF "A PLAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STEAM LIFE BOAT AND FOR THE EXTINGUISHMENT OF FIRE AT SEA;""SUGGESTIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND EMBELLISHMENT OF THE METROPOLIS," AND "A SKETCHOF IRELAND IN 1824."

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AN APPEAL, - &c.

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APPENDIX.

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No. I.

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No. II.

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No. III. - ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION - FOR - THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.

24:35

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en

Duration

~1 hours (73K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2008-11-24

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Sir William Hillary

Sir William Hillary

1771–1847

Best remembered as the founder of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, he turned firsthand experience of shipwreck danger into a lasting lifesaving mission. Soldier, writer, and philanthropist, he helped shape one of Britain’s most enduring rescue charities.

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