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A proposal for the incouragement of seamen : For the general good of the kingdom. For preventing and discovering thieveries at home, and robberies abroad; humbly repsented to the Honourable the knights, citizens and burgesses in parliament assembled, for the raising a charitable sum of sixty thousand pounds in the year 1697. For their advantage of whom it is raised. And the raising and settling of twenty thousand pounds per annum towards the erecting and endorsing of the intended hospital at Greenwich; ... By Thomas Morin, and Nicholas Jennings. 1697.
Morin, Thomas, active 1697Date: [1697]
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Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, tertio. At the parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the nineteenth day of May, anno dom. 1761. in the first year of the reign of our sovereign Lord George the Third, ... And from thence continued by several prorogations to the twenty fifth day of November, 1762; being the second session of the twelfth parliament of Great Britain.
Date: 1763
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Anno sexto Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. XXVI. An act for the consolidation of the Royal Naval Asylum with the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich in the county of Kent. [10th June 1825.].
Date: 1825
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The British seaman 1200-1860 : a social survey / [Christopher Lloyd].
Christopher LloydDate: 1968
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By the Lords Justices, a proclamation : Tho. Cantuar. J. Sommers C.S. Pembroke C.P.S. Shrewsbury. Whereas by an Act made the last session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for the encrease and encouragement of seamen. It was, amongst other things, enacted, that all and every able mariner, seaman, waterman, fisherman.
England and Wales. Lords JusticesDate: 1696
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Lifebouy Royal Disinfectant Soap : for saving life / [Lever Brothers Limited].
Date: [between 1900 and 1919]
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The Sailor's Home, Cardiff. Coloured lithograph by E.T. Dolby after A. Roos.
Dolby, Edwin Thomas.Reference: 16422i
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A sailor on the street, play-fighting with a boy. Colour process print after G.A.S., ca. 1915.
Date: [ca. 1915]Reference: 2059472i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Sir Gabriel Wood's Mariner's Asylum, Grennock, Renfrew, Scotland: with floor plan and scale. Transfer lithograph after D. Mackintosh.
Reference: 17970i
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A naked young sailor sexually aroused. Photographic postcard, 195-.
Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]Reference: 2047137i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Group of Sailors onboard H.M.S Good Hope.
Date: [between 1900 and 1914?]Reference: 3289313i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Three sailors, two in drag wearing pierrette costumes, pose on deck. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043389i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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A practical account of the Mediterranean fever, as it appeared in the ships and hospitals of His Majesty's Fleet on that station : with cases and dissections. To which are added facts and observations, illustrative of the causes, symptoms and treatment comprehending the history of the fever in the Fleet, during the years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813 : and of the Gibraltar & Carthagena fevers / by William Burnett.
Burnett, William, Sir, 1779-1861.Date: 1816
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The navy goes down for Old Glory.
Date: 2004
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Six sailors, one in drag, pose for a group portrait on the deck of H.M.S. St. George. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043377i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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An essay on the most effectual means of preserving the health of seamen, in the Royal Navy : containing directions proper for all those who undertake long voyages at sea, or reside in unhealthy situations ; with cautions necessary for the preservation of such persons as attend the sick in fevers / by James Lind.
James LindDate: 1762
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Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.
David WilkieDate: 1843Reference: 730131i
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William Cobbett is joined by six drunkards who applaud his toast of "damnation to the House of Brunswick"; representing British parliamentary reform. Etching by J. Gillray, ca. 1809.
James GillrayDate: 29 September 1809Reference: 26481i
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Dr Grenfell's parish : the deep sea fishermen / by Norman Duncan.
Duncan, NormanDate: 1905
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A liqueur label illustrated with the bust of a French seaman and sprigs of rosemary. Coloured engraving, 19th century.
Reference: 25695i
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The case of many inhabitants of the town of Deptford, in the county of Kent, many of which are inn-holders, and victuallers : To the honourable House of Commons in Parliament assembled.
Date: [1699]
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Laying a cable on the Atlantic seabed: the crew of the Great Eastern launching a buoy in an attempt to retrieve a lost cable. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker, 1866, after R.C. Dudley.
Dudley, Robert Charles, 1826-1909.Date: 1856Reference: 44509i
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Synopsis morborum : A summary view of observations on the principal diseases incident to seamen or soldiers, whether engaged in actual service or retired from it, carefully abridged and digested, from the latest ed. of the author's works, in four volumes. Designed chiefly for the use of professional practitioners in the navy and army. In two volumes.
Robert RobertsonDate: 1810-11
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Starving sailors : the influence of nutrition upon naval and maritime history / edited by J. Watt, E.J. Freeman, and W.F. Bynum.
Date: 1981
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A paper on the prevention and treatment of the disorders of the seamen and soldiers in Bengal : presented to the Honourable Court of East-India Directors, in the year 1791 / by John Peter Wade, M.D.
Wade, John Peter, -1802Date: MDCCXCIII [1793]

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Anno sexto Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. XXVI. An act for the consolidation of the Royal Naval Asylum with the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich in the county of Kent. [10th June 1825.].

The British seaman 1200-1860 : a social survey / [Christopher Lloyd].

Lifebouy Royal Disinfectant Soap : for saving life / [Lever Brothers Limited].

The Sailor's Home, Cardiff. Coloured lithograph by E.T. Dolby after A. Roos.

A sailor on the street, play-fighting with a boy. Colour process print after G.A.S., ca. 1915.

Sir Gabriel Wood's Mariner's Asylum, Grennock, Renfrew, Scotland: with floor plan and scale. Transfer lithograph after D. Mackintosh.

A naked young sailor sexually aroused. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Group of Sailors onboard H.M.S Good Hope.

Three sailors, two in drag wearing pierrette costumes, pose on deck. Photographic postcard, 191-.

The navy goes down for Old Glory.

Six sailors, one in drag, pose for a group portrait on the deck of H.M.S. St. George. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.

William Cobbett is joined by six drunkards who applaud his toast of "damnation to the House of Brunswick"; representing British parliamentary reform. Etching by J. Gillray, ca. 1809.

Dr Grenfell's parish : the deep sea fishermen / by Norman Duncan.

A liqueur label illustrated with the bust of a French seaman and sprigs of rosemary. Coloured engraving, 19th century.

The case of many inhabitants of the town of Deptford, in the county of Kent, many of which are inn-holders, and victuallers : To the honourable House of Commons in Parliament assembled.

Laying a cable on the Atlantic seabed: the crew of the Great Eastern launching a buoy in an attempt to retrieve a lost cable. Coloured lithograph by E. Walker, 1866, after R.C. Dudley.

Starving sailors : the influence of nutrition upon naval and maritime history / edited by J. Watt, E.J. Freeman, and W.F. Bynum.

A paper on the prevention and treatment of the disorders of the seamen and soldiers in Bengal : presented to the Honourable Court of East-India Directors, in the year 1791 / by John Peter Wade, M.D.