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The Minute Books of the Suffolk Humane Society
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Documents from the Suffolk Humane Society reveal many fascinating details of life in a coastal town in the nineteenth century. The Suffolk Humane Society was formed in 1806 after the pattern of the Royal Humane Society of London, its purpose being to reward those who saved their fellows from drowning and those who resuscitated people who had apparently died. It took on additional duties the following year when it undertook the financing and administration of the Lowestoft lifeboat Frances Ann, the world's first sailing lifeboat and one of the most successful early lifesaving craft in Britain. The story of ... Read more
Documents from the Suffolk Humane Society reveal many fascinating details of life in a coastal town in the nineteenth century. The Suffolk Humane Society was formed in 1806 after the pattern of the Royal Humane Society of London, its purpose being to reward those who saved their fellows from drowning and those who resuscitated people who had apparently died. It took on additional duties the following year when it undertook the financing and administration of the Lowestoft lifeboat Frances Ann, the world's first sailing lifeboat and one of the most successful early lifesaving craft in Britain. The story of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838050
SKU
V9781843838050
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Ref
99-15
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Reviews for The Minute Books of the Suffolk Humane Society
Fascinating reading...provides detailed and useful evidence of the local manifestation of nineteenth-century philanthropy.
THE LOCAL HISTORIAN
THE LOCAL HISTORIAN