Project Gutenberg 2008-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 266 Hillary, William, Sir 1771 1847 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) 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, 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.) Reading ease score: 50.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Lifesaving -- Great Britain Shipwrecks VK Text Browsing: Environmental Issues Browsing: History - British Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) 108423 2025-06-11T09:14:14.266267 text/html 106733 2008-11-24T06:07:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 36195 2008-11-24T06:07:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 150171 2025-06-11T09:14:21.587752 application/epub+zip 149040 2025-06-11T09:14:18.390254 application/epub+zip 101192 2025-06-11T09:14:16.978256 application/epub+zip 401203 2025-06-11T09:14:23.866712 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387148 2025-06-11T09:14:20.647723 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118984 2022-09-12T13:54:29.179379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 96438 2025-06-11T09:14:13.914268 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 96224 2008-11-24T06:07:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 33661 2008-11-24T06:07:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 96215 2008-11-24T06:07:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33643 2008-11-24T06:07:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20836 2025-06-11T09:14:24.005725 application/rdf+xml 27614 2025-06-11T09:14:17.552319 image/jpeg 4912 2025-06-11T09:14:17.264296 image/jpeg 147329 2025-06-11T09:14:14.276281 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia