NARRATIVE, Sfc.
CHAPTER I.
R o b e r t A d a m s , aged 25, born at Hudson, about
one hundred miles up the North River, from New York,
where his father was a sail maker, Was brought up to the
seafaring line, and made several voyages to Lisbon, Cadiz,
Seville, and Liverpool.
On the 17th of June 1810, he sailed from New York in
the ship Charles, John Horton master, of 280 tons, Charles
Stillwell owner; laden with flour, rice, and salted provisions,
bound to Gibraltar.
