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1 57. Of these 145 were impressed by the 

 English, eleven by the French and one by 

 the Portuguese. Of the 155 impressed sea- 

 men, 107 were Americans, and of these 51 

 were discharged on application, nine had 

 escaped, four entered the British service, 

 three died, twenty-eight were supposed to 

 be detained, and twelve were not accounted 

 for. 



From April 1, 1809, to Sept. 30, 1810, 

 Mr. Lyman, the American consul at Liver- 

 pool, made application to the British Ad- 

 miralty on behalf of 1558 persons. 1 Of 

 these forty-seven were claimed to have been 

 taken from American vessels, some of them 

 going back to 1803. The cases actually 

 occurring from April 1, 1809, to Sept. 30, 

 1810, were only nine. This latter state- 

 ment, if authentic, proves what we have 

 already said, that Great Britain was exer- 

 cising the right of impressment with less 

 vigor than in the early years of the war. 



1 Right and Practice of Impressment, Anonymous 

 Pamphlet, London. 



