Remarkable occurrences in the life of Jonas Hanway : comprehending an abstract of his travels in Russia, and Persia; a short history of the rise and progress of the charitable and political institutions founded or supported by him; several anecdotes, and an attempt to delineate his character / By John Pugh.

Pugh, John.

Date:: 1798

Credit: Remarkable occurrences in the life of Jonas Hanway : comprehending an abstract of his travels in Russia, and Persia; a short history of the rise and progress of the charitable and political institutions founded or supported by him; several anecdotes, and an attempt to delineate his character / By John Pugh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[ ] ment of Bombay fent over a fubfcrlption colledted there, amounting to one thou- fand and feyenty pounds. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of Cumberland ac- cepted the office of Prefident on the death cf Lord Hawke: the orphans of many deferving officers, particularly the gallant but unfortunate Captain Macartney, were received, and the inflitution, with an income equal to its expence, feemed likely to increafe in ^lendour, and acquire liability j when an unlucky event took place, which, by (owing the feeds of animofity among fome of the governors, ifi a few years greatly leffened the finances of the fociety, and a variety of circum- llances concurring with this, the fubfcrip- tions decreafed j and the fchool was dif- continued. NAVAL SCHOOLS. ON the failure of this attempt, Mr. Hanway endeavoured to incorporate a feminary for naval inflruftion, with the plan of the Marine Society, which he hoped

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