Proposal for county naval free-schools, to be built on waste lands, giving such effectual instructions to poor boys, as may nurse them for the sea service, teaching them also to cultivate the Earth, that in due time they may furnish their own food and to spin, knit, weave, make shoes &c. : with a view to provide their own rainment, while good regulations and discipline, diffuse a moral & religious oeconomy through the land
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Proposal for county naval free-schools, to be built on waste lands, giving such effectual instructions to poor boys, as may nurse them for the sea service, teaching them also to cultivate the Earth, that in due time they may furnish their own food and to spin, knit, weave, make shoes &c. : with a view to provide their own rainment, while good regulations and discipline, diffuse a moral & religious oeconomy through the land
[s.n.], [1783]
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[Pt. 1], dedication signed and dated: Jonas Hanway, dep. treas. Marine society's office, 27th March, 1783
[Pt. 2-3], pref. signed: J.H
Pagination: [pt. 1]. [2], xxii, [2], 112 p., [9] leaves of plates (8 folded); [pt. 2]. [113]-141, [1], 48 p., [1] folded leaf of plates; [pt. 3]. [2], v, [3], 67 p
[Pt. 2] has special t.p.: Songs, hymns, and psalms, collected, altered, or composed; adapted to moral and instructive amusement ... M.DCC.LXXXIII (p. [113]-141, with 48 p. of music)
[Pt. 3] has half t.p.: Prudential moral and religious advice, given to the respective scholars in the proposed naval free-schools ...
2 leaves inserted between p. 90 and p. 91
Pages 120* and [121*] inserted between p. 120 and 121
1 blank leaf inserted between [pt. 2] and [pt. 3]