Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-19

Nos. 2726, 1857, 32o3, oIoo' Auese
two individuals seem to have been on
board tie same ship which was on TO-
reign station. By means Of these repe-
,i.ions the apparent number exceeds the
real one by l76. This list begins with
No. $500 and ends with 6o57. The 2uo
applications made in the first instance to
the department OF state, added TO this
total makes the staring number e257.-
The number eO3 contained in the alb
stract of March 1910, OF which there
are no details, fills up the chasm be-
tween the close Of the detailed report
of April 1903, and this of 1912 Six
separate abstracts are given OF the same
number of quarterly returns which 1
have condensed into one general abstract
of the whole-As follows:
Whole number 1888
Duplicate applications 2
Discharged and ordered to be dis
charged @oa
Not on board the ships stated So
On board of ships ON foreign sta
tons l4'
Ships not ascertained on board OF
which they are serving 81
Said to be on board of ships not in
commission
Deserted 81
Invalided AZ
Drowned, died or killed Z
Applications unanswered .
Refused to be discharged.
Because they had no documents lo7
Because British subjects 22s
Because their documents we're in
sufficient 1913
Because they had voluntarily enlist
ed 4s
Because they were not Americans 9
Because they were deserters IL
Because taken on board .cnemy's
prlvateers a
Because they had fraudulent pro-
tections 80
Did not answer the descriptions in
their projections Is
Because married in the United
Kingdom 81
Because Ignorant of the U States
Exchanged as British subjects from
enemy prisoners s
Because said to be impostors 6
Having formerly belonged to tho
navy
Having used the sea before being
bound |
Because released from prison at
Goitenburg by the British consul,
to whom they applied for pro-
tectlons 5
Protection irregular, dated May %,
in the United States & endorsed
in London, June 9th following |
Because natives of the w. Indies ID
Do. OF Sweden 2
Do. of Africa 4
Do of Prussia
Do. of Italy /
No reason assigned ls
1858
have passed in review as briefly as
possible, all the documents on the sub.
Ject OF impressmrpts which have come
to my hand. 1t is impossible to ascer.
tain the precise number from these COM
pllcated and veluminovs reports But,
SO tar as | have been able to collect
facts, from the best data ia which had
access, the number has been much over.
rated. Let US take the number 6257
Tor an example. Thi. however is in
creased by the addition Of 200 not pro.
perly belonging to it, not being included
IN any of MIR. Lyman's returns, but con-
slsting of appiicaties,s made in the first
instance to the department of state, and
which may have been in whole or 10
part released on a posterior application
But to make the most of that number,
Will in the first instance admit the
whole From this deduct in the first
place, for duplicate, triplicate, and qua
drupilcate applications, i e instances in
winch the name Of the same person is
numbered from twice to four times, 548.
IL Is probable that the zeal number Is
much greater; but to that amount 1t IS
sscertained by indispu,able evidence
from the documents Add to this 757,
being an obvious excess in the enumera'
t'on, between the reports Of January
1905, and of March 1908. This will
leave 1852. l have found $40 instanc'
es OF lmpressments from ships whose
national character is ascertained; OF
these have found l42, nearly ssths OF