| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Involuntary servitude imposed upon seamen: Joint letter from the Secretary of Commerce and The Secretary of Labor to the chairman of the Committee on Commerce, relative to Senate bill no. 4
| | | | Creator: | United States Dept. of Commerce. | | | | | United States Dept. of Labor. | | | | Publication: | Govt. Print. Off.], Washington,1913. | | | | Notes: | Presented by Mr. La Follette. Ordered printed October 9, 1913. William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce, W.B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor. "A bill to abolish the involuntary servitude imposed upon seamen in the merchant marine of the United States, while in foreign ports and ... upon the seamen of the merchant marine of foreign countries while in ports of the United States, to prevent unskilled manning of American vessels, to encourage the training of boys in the American merchant marine, for the further protection of life at sea, and to amend the laws relative to seamen." | | | | Call #: | HD8039 S42U6 | | | | Extent: | 8 p. 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Merchant marine -- United States | Seamen
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Thirty years from home, or A voice from the main deck: being the experience of Samuel Leech, who was for six years in the British and American navies: was captured in the British frigate Macedonian: afterwards entered the American navy, and was taken in the United States brig Syren, by the British ship Medway
| | | | Creator: | Leech, Samuel, 1798-1848 | | | | Publication: | C. Tappan, Boston,1844. | | | | Call #: | E360 L483T | | | | Extent: | xvi, [17]-305 p. incl. front., illus. 16 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Adventure and adventurers | Seamen | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Personal narratives
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | Man-of-war life: a boy's experience in the United States Navy, during a voyage around the world, in a ship of the line
| | | | Creator: | Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901 | | | | Publication: | Moore, Wilstach, Keys & co, Miller, Orton & Mulligan, Cincinnati, New York,1856. | | | | Notes: | Also published as the first part of his "Nine years a sailor." | | | | Call #: | G440 N832 | | | | Extent: | viii, 9-286 p. front., illus., plates. 18 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Voyages around the world | Seamen | Ohio imprints 1856
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 6 | Title: | Thirty years from home; or A voice from the main deck: being the experience of Samuel Leech, who was for six years in the British and American navies; was captured in the British frigate Macedonian; afterwards entered the American navy, and was taken in the United States brig Syren, by the British ship Medway
| | | | Creator: | Leech, Samuel, 1798-1848 | | | | Publication: | Tappan & Dennet, Boston,1843. | | | | Call #: | E360 L483 | | | | Extent: | xvi, [17]-305 p. incl. front. illus. 16 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Leech, Samuel, -- 1798-1848 | Adventure and adventurers | Seamen | United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Personal narratives
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