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6766	Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)	The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore			.txt	text/plain	98566	6085	75	At what time the pressing of men for the sea service of the Crown was Old Man of the Sea. Outbursts of violent pressing before the dawn of the eighteenth century, pressed men were concerned, the Admiralty referred the case to Mr. Attorney-General (afterwards Lord) Thurlow for his opinion. fifteen officers, and employing as many boats as gangs for pressing in boats carrying a great press of sail, served best for overhauling ships; limits, pressed one Man and let her go." [Footnote: _Admiralty Records_ Paul Jones, when hard pressed by a gang on board his ship at Liverpool, time for us to part." Taken out of the ship as a pressed man, the mate answer to keep pressed men in." [Footnote: _Admiralty Records_ 1. pressed man then on board that ship, succeeded in her petition, and press-gang, the ship captured and taken to port, Rescue of pressed men from the gang,	./cache/6766.txt	./txt/6766.txt