An essay on saving persons from drowning at the breaking of the ice ; delivered ... on the 19th of January 1814 / [George William Manby].

  • Manby, George William, 1765-1854
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[1814]
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Credit: An essay on saving persons from drowning at the breaking of the ice ; delivered ... on the 19th of January 1814 / [George William Manby]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Having made these incidental remarks, I have now briefly concluded my ideas on the facility of affording relief to persons exposed to perishing at the breaking of the ice, there remains one object more which I earnestly offer to your serious consideration. I am persuaded it is only through your benevolent Society, that the plan I have just explained can be carried into effect. Your wisdom and humanity will no doubt make such arrange¬ ments as appear best calculated to promote the inten¬ tions of the Institution, and to gratify the feelings of your own hearts in saving the lives of your fellow men. In making this appeal I should wish to express myself in the most emphatic terms, because my declining health and strength from colds which I have endured while employed in saving Shipwrecked persons, preclude me from taking that active mrt foi the benefit oV humatiKy, which is one of the warmest and most powerful dictates of my heart. London, Dec, 2 [st, 1813. George William Manby.