Philadelphia June 4 1794 *Estimate of the cost of a frigate from eight to twelve hundred tons at the present price of building in Philadelphia* Carpenter's bill complete £9 — Smith's d^o including anchors 4.6 — Joyner's d^o for work and stuff — 17.6 Boatbuilder's d^o — 3.6 Painter's & Plumber's d^o — 7.6 Carver's d^o — 4.6 deposit d^o for 6 months earlier — 12.6 per ton Blockmaker's bill : — 7.6 Mastmaker's bill — 11.3 Rigging and Rigger's d^o — 3 — Sailcloth and Sailmakers d^o } for two suits 3.5 — Chandler's bill for store lamps colours and other small articles £ . 2.6 £23.16.9 Sir The above is a pretty accurate statement of the expence of a war-built ship in Philadelphia, estimating all the materials to be of the best kind, and it shows that a ship of eight hundred tons which would in size to a British thirty six gun frigate with cost when ready to receive her cannon and stores on board, nineteen thousand and seventy Pounds. [*Per*