April 5, 2024
1814, War of 1812, USS Erie, Pilotage bill, Commander Charles Ridgley signed
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This item is a wonderful, original document dated May 14, 1815 where Charles Ridgley has signed a pilotage bill for taking the USS Erie from Baltimore outside the Capes, into 18 feet of water...signed by Charles G. Ridgley as Captain and by John Hollins, one of the board of pilots on front and by James Cullerson (pilot) and Charles Whitmans on back. Document is 5x8, age toned, folds, else in overall good condition.USS Erie was a three-masted, wooden-hulled sloop-of-war of the United States Navy in the early 19th century. Erie was launched 3 November 1813 by Thomas Kemp, Baltimore, Maryland; and first put to sea 20 March 1814, Commander Charles G. Ridgeley in command. Unable to reach the open sea because of the British blockade at Hampton Roads, Erie was forced to return to Baltimore 7 April 1814 where she remained berthed at Baltimore without a crew until early in 1815.On 8 May she sailed to Boston, Massachusetts to join Commodore William Bainbridge's squadron sailing for the Mediterranean 2 July. With peace concluded with Algiers before the squadron reached the area, the squadron returned to the United States, leaving Erie to cruise with the naval force assigned to protect commerce and guard against any further disturbance of peace by the Barbary States. She remained on station for 4 years, sailing from Gibraltar for home 27 November
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