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Sailors Grievances and Pressures Urge Navy Reform
A letter urging Parliament to enact new laws to ease seamen’s oppression and improve naval discipline. It argues sailors face brutal punishments, lack fair trials, and are imprisoned in wooden jails while wage deductions fund a Greenwich hospital that fails to aid them. The writer appeals to reform through Parliament and public support.
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West-Indies
England
Englihmen
Parliament
Secretary of States
Royal Hospital
Greenwich