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) (Registro nro. 68231)
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| Classification number | VK |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hillary, William, Sir, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1771-1847 |
| 245 13 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | 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) |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2008-11-24 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed<br/>Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was<br/>produced from images generously made available by The<br/>Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "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" by Sir William Hillary, Baronet, is a persuasive pamphlet written in the early 19th century. This work advocates for the establishment of a national institution dedicated to the rescue of individuals stranded by shipwrecks, with the intent of addressing the significant loss of life and property that such disasters frequently entail. It encapsulates humanitarian ideologies prevalent in that era, calling upon the British people to recognize their collective responsibility. In this pamphlet, Sir William Hillary delineates the tragic reality of shipwrecks off the British coast and stresses the urgent need for a systematic response to rescue efforts. He shares poignant observations from his experiences and argues for the formation of a comprehensive national institution to provide prompt assistance to shipwrecked individuals. Key proposals include offering rewards for rescues, providing medical aid and shelter for survivors, and formulating regulations to prevent plunder of wrecks. In summary, the pamphlet serves as a call to action, urging the British nation to unite in its moral duty to safeguard lives at sea, resulting in the eventual establishment of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
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| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Lifesaving -- Great Britain |
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| Uncontrolled term | Shipwrecks |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27322">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27322</a> |
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