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)

The Project Gutenberg EBook of 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 William Hillary This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org 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) Author: William Hillary Release Date: November 24, 2008 [EBook #27322] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK APPEAL TO THE BRITISH NATION *** 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.) 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. 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 SKETCH OF IRELAND IN 1824." THIRD EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR GEO. B. WHITTAKER, AVE-MARIA-LANE. 1825.