Dear Colleagues: I'd like to thank everyone who sent sources for my impressment research, particularly Nicholas Blake, Peter Enlund, Martin Evans, Glen Hodgins, and Peter Hore. Some excellent leads here. Thanks so much -- cheers! -- Arnold ===================== 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