Hi, all: I'm looking for information about impressment in Britain, particularly regarding Parliamentary debates/legislation for/against the press between the 1790s and 1840s. I've found lots of general material: origins, how it was conducted, social histories, the press in literature. I'm really looking for a kind of nuts-and-bolts legislative history. If not that, perhaps a list of MPs interested in the issue whose biographies I could consult. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help -- cheers! -- Arnold -- Arnold Anthony Schmidt, Ph.D. Professor of English California State University http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772830/ http://www.csustan.edu/english/schmidt/index.html http://us.macmillan.com/byronandtherhetoricofitaliannationalism http://www.pickeringchatto.com/titles/1851-9781848935648-british-nautical-melodramas-1820-1850

Hi, the most obvious place might be Hansard which I think is now online back to the American revolution . There are also newspapers online for the period ,national and local . And from the good Wikipedia entry , a great many useful articles etc in the American archives. And I hope you have plenty of time to do this research !!!! Hansard for 1805 was and is simply fascinating Who was Sir Home Popham ? and Bartholomew ? -----Original Message----- From: Arnold Schmidt via Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 2:33 AM To: Arnold Schmidt ; MARINERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAR] Impressment Legislation Hi, all: I'm looking for information about impressment in Britain, particularly regarding Parliamentary debates/legislation for/against the press between the 1790s and 1840s. I've found lots of general material: origins, how it was conducted, social histories, the press in literature. I'm really looking for a kind of nuts-and-bolts legislative history. If not that, perhaps a list of MPs interested in the issue whose biographies I could consult. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help -- cheers! -- Arnold -- Arnold Anthony Schmidt, Ph.D. Professor of English California State University http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772830/ http://www.csustan.edu/english/schmidt/index.html http://us.macmillan.com/byronandtherhetoricofitaliannationalism http://www.pickeringchatto.com/titles/1851-9781848935648-british-nautical-melodramas-1820-1850 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus