Thomas M. Truxes » press gangs http://www.thomasmtruxes.com Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:04:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 For the Press Gang, All’s Fair in Love and War, 1755 http://www.thomasmtruxes.com/2010/03/01/alls-fair-in-love-and-war-1755/ http://www.thomasmtruxes.com/2010/03/01/alls-fair-in-love-and-war-1755/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:00:19 +0000 ttruxes http://www.thomasmtruxes.com/?p=882 “LONDON. Thursday Night [March 6, 1755] a Press-Gang [of the Royal Navy] went through the Alleys near Moorfields, and having Musick with them, drew out a great Number of People from the Houses, by which Means they picked up about thirty able Fellows, whom they carried off.”

The London Evening-Post, March 8, 1755.

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