Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Marine Society
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June 1756: Jonas Hanway, with the help of twenty-two...
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June 1756
Jonas Hanway
, with the help of twenty-two fellow-merchants, founded the Marine Society
for fitting out orphan boys and unemployed men and recruiting them into the navy.
Colley, Linda. Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837. Yale University Press, 1992.
