When was it published?

October 1, 1801 in Alexandria Advertiser And Commercial Intelligencer

Story October 1, 1801

Alexandria Advertiser And Commercial Intelligencer

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Charles Barker, Stephen Barker, Hudson

Q: What keywords are associated?

Shipwreck, Impressment, Battle Of Copenhagen, British Navy, Baltic Cruise

Alexandria, Virginia

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What is this article about?

In 1798, Charles Barker of Norwich, CT, survived a schooner wreck near Gibraltar but was impressed into the British Navy off Cadiz aboard HMS Edgar. He survived the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen unscathed and wrote from the Baltic seeking release.

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Some time in the year 1798, Mr. Charles Barker, son of Mr. Stephen Barker, of the city of Norwich in Connecticut, sailed from New-York in the armed sch'r Galiot, capt. Hudson, on a voyage up the Straits of Gibraltar. Soon after sailing, the sch'r upset in a squall, and the people were taken off the wreck by a brig from New-York to Cadiz. On arriving off Cadiz, the port was blockaded by a squadron of English men of war, one of which (the Edgar, 74) brought the brig too, and forcibly detained the whole of the shipwrecked seamen, capt. H. only excepted. The following is an extract of a letter lately received from Mr. Barker, dated

Edgar, off Bornholm, June 8, 1801.

"I have been deprived of the happiness of writing for a considerable time; and you will receive this only by mere chance. We are now cruising in the Baltic. Our ship lost 133 men killed and wounded, at the battle of Copenhagen; though I have escaped, thank heaven, unhurt. I have wrote several letters to you; but have never received any. It would do me a very great piece of service, if you would get a protection and send it in a letter. It might be the means of clearing me from a British man of war."

What sub-type of article is it?

Biography Disaster Survival

What themes does it cover?

Misfortune Survival

What keywords are associated?

Shipwreck Impressment Battle Of Copenhagen British Navy Baltic Cruise

What entities or persons were involved?

Charles Barker Stephen Barker Hudson

Where did it happen?

At Sea From New York To Straits Of Gibraltar, Off Cadiz, Baltic Off Bornholm

Story Details

Key Persons

Charles Barker Stephen Barker Hudson

Location

At Sea From New York To Straits Of Gibraltar, Off Cadiz, Baltic Off Bornholm

Event Date

1798 To June 8, 1801

Story Details

In 1798, Charles Barker sailed from New-York; his schooner upset in a squall, crew rescued by a brig to Cadiz but impressed by British ship Edgar off Cadiz, except captain. By 1801, aboard Edgar in Baltic after Battle of Copenhagen where ship lost 133 men, Barker unhurt and seeks protection to escape service.