A practicable plan for manning the Royal Navy, and preserving our maritime ascendancy, without impressment : addressed to Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth / by Thomas Trotter.

An Act for reviving an Act for impresting of seamen.

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A practicable plan for manning the Royal Navy, and preserving our maritime ascendancy, without impressment : addressed to Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth / by Thomas Trotter.

An Act for reviving an Act for impresting of seamen.