The legislature was led to see that by the practical enforcement of this unjust law, the personal liberty of married women and infants was still Imperiled, and also that the law of 1865 did not relieve the wronged and injured victims of this unjust law, now imprisoned at Jacksonville Insane Asylum.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
Prompt action, cool courage, and good seamanship saved the life of the Imperiled sailor.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
But there is hardly any light so placed that a boat can be launched that has not a story to tell of brave men putting out in frail boats in the teeth of a roaring gale to bring in some exhausted castaways, to carry a line to some stranded ship, or to guide some Imperiled pleasure-seekers to safety.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot