King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855
by E. Keble Chatterton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs, Jeannie Howse, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HJ: Social sciences: Public finance
- Subject
- Great Britain -- Commerce -- History -- 18th century
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 17563
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17563
- Release Date
- January 21, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.KING'S CUTTERS AND SMUGGLERS 1700-1855 — BY
- 2.E. KEBLE CHATTERTON — WITH 33 ILLUSTRATIONS AND FRONTISPIECE IN COLOURS — PREFACE — CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS
- 3.King's Cutters & Smugglers — CHAPTER I ToC — INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER II ToC — THE EARLIEST SMUGGLERS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER III ToC — THE GROWTH OF SMUGGLING — CHAPTER IV ToC — THE SMUGGLERS' METHODS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER V ToC — THE HAWKHURST GANG — CHAPTER VI ToC — THE REVENUE CRUISERS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER VII ToC — CUTTERS AND SLOOPS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER VIII ToC — PREVENTIVE ORGANISATION — CHAPTER IX ToC — CUTTERS' EQUIPMENT — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER X ToC — THE INCREASE IN SMUGGLING — CHAPTER XI ToC — THE SMUGGLERS AT SEA — CHAPTER XII ToC — THE WORK OF THE CUTTERS — CHAPTER XIII ToC — THE PERIOD OF INGENUITY — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XIV ToC — SOME INTERESTING ENCOUNTERS — CHAPTER XV ToC — A TRAGIC INCIDENT — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XVI ToC — ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XVII ToC — SMUGGLING BY CONCEALMENTS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XVIII ToC — BY SEA AND LAND — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XIX ToC — ACTION AND COUNTER-ACTION — CHAPTER XX ToC — FORCE AND CUNNING
- 4.APPENDICES — APPENDIX I — SLOOPS OR CUTTERS — APPENDIX II — LIST OF CRUISERS EMPLOYED IN THE CUSTOMS SERVICE FOR THE YEAR 1784 — APPENDIX III — LIST OF CRUISERS EMPLOYED IN THE CUSTOMS SERVICE FOR THE YEAR 1797 ( up to June 27 ) — APPENDIX IV — LIST OF REVENUE CRUISERS BUILT BETWEEN JULY 18, 1822 AND OCTOBER 1, 1838 — APPENDIX V — SPECIFICATION FOR BUILDING A CUTTER FOR THE REVENUE SERVICE OF THIRTY-FIVE TONS ( As built in the year 1838 ) — APPENDIX VI — DIMENSIONS OF SPARS OF REVENUE CUTTERS — APPENDIX VII — LIST OF THE CRUISERS IN THE REVENUE COASTGUARD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE YEAR 1844 — APPENDIX VIII
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