( Dimensions and sizes of Materials for Building a Frigate of 44 Guns. Length of [Gun deck] from the rabbit of the Stem to Post — — — — — — — — — — 174·10½ Length of the keel for Tonage allowing 3/5 of beam from 12 Inches before the rabbit of the stem at the breadth line from the point where the 3/5 strikes on the keel to the rabbit of the post — — — — }145" — Moulded breadth of beam in the extreme part of the Ship which is at the upper edge of the second whale and 3½ feet before the thirds of the keel or 100 feet 2 Inches before the rabbit of the stern post — — — — — — — — 43 · 6 Height of wing transom above the rabbit of the keel — — — — — — — — — } · 25. 8½ Height of [undecipherable] [Gun deck] Transom above the rabbit of [the keel] — — — — — } · 21 . 3 Top rive tumbles home amidships at the under part of plankshare or covering Board } · 3 — — Height of lower deck in the inside above the rabbit at — — — — — — — — — } 15.. 11 Plank on lower deck Beams — — — — — 3½ Height between Gun & lower deck — — — 6.. 4 Gun deck Plank — — — — — — — — .. 4 Height between decks from Gun to upper deck: 7. 0 Upper deck plank — — — — — — — — .3 Waist amidships — — — — — — — — .3 Plank shear or covering Boar. — — — — 4½ Height amidships of lower edge of the whale — 17.. 11 — 6 streaks of whales 10 Inches wide — — .5.. Height from top of the whale to port sill — .3.. 3½ Height of the port sill. — — — — — — 2. 11 ... from top of the port to the top of the plankshear 2. 7½ Height from top of the rabbit to top of the Plank shear is — — — — — — — — } 31 . 9 Depth of the Hold taken from the streak next the [undecipherable] streak — — — — } 14"3 Height [undecipherable] Quarter deck & forecastle 1 · 10 Height of ports on gun deck — — — — — 2 · 4 In the Clear up & down — — — — — — 2 · 11 Fore & aft — — — — — — — — — — 3 · 5 Distance between the ports — — — — — 7 · 5 After port aft side before the rabbit of port — 6 4 fifteen ports on each side [strikethrough: besides the bridle or] Bow port if any Height of Gun deck on the Post from a square line above the rabbit of the keel — — — } 27. Height of Gun deck on the Stem from a square line above the keel — — — — — — — } 24.. 10 Bear rising at 2/3 of Beam for Breadth of floor — · 2 . 9 Room and Space. — — — — — — — — · 2 . 2 Height of Breadth line amidships (this line is the upper edge of second whale fore & aft) — } 19 · 6 On the Stem — — — — — — — — — 23 . 1 On the Transom — — — — — — — — 25 . 7½ Quarter deck and forecastle and fore castle drafts 1½ Inches wide and 3½ thick — Thick draft 12 Inches wide [undecipherable] Inches thick — String or first Moulding streak above the ports 1½ Inches wide & 4½ Inches thick Keel of good sound white oak in three pieces, the middle piece to be not less than 80 feet, if to be had, scarphs not less than 12 feet to be kept clear of the Main & fore steps, sided in the midships 18 inches, at the stem & Post 14 inches and as deep as can be had, the scarphs all to be tabled and bolted with 5 Bolts 1½ inch diameter, false keel 6 inches thick but not to be put on untill after the floor & kelson — Bolts are drove and rivited. Kelson sided 18 inches amidships & 18 inches fore & after end and 16 inches deep, scarphs not with in 15 feet of keel scarphs or main or fore Mast steps, upper Kelson 18 by 15 inches deep to be hooked and jogled in to the lower one at fore & aft, scharps clear of all other scharps at least 10 feet to be bolted with 1¾ inch Bolts through every timber and one in every Crotchock of 1½ inch diameter Stem in two pieces if to be had, the lower one of good white Oak, sided 14 inches & Moulded not less than 12 inches clear of the rabbit, scarphs not less than 4 feet to be tabled and bolted with 3 bolts 1½ inch Diameter. Apron sided from 28 to 30 inches at the upper end & as the piece will work below [undecipherable] at the upper end 14 inches and at [undecipherable] Inches — Stern Post 18 inches square at the head sided 17 inches below by 3½ feet fore & aft including false posts & 10 inches thick on the aft side at the keel to be fitted for a Crooked headed Rudder. Inner post to be [strikethrough: 18 inches] fore & aft to run from the Transom [strikethrough: to the keel] to be of Live Oak, sided at head from 20 to 24 inches and at keel 12 inches. Night Heads sided from 16 to 18 inches, moulded 12 inches at head and 14 inches below. Hause Pieces to be 4 in Number on each sides, sided 18 inches and to be bolted with 1¾ inch bolts into each other, their heels if possible to run down below the lower deck Breast hook. Bow Timbers sided 12 inches and as long as possible their heels well secured into the dead wood to be in number on each side as p[er] draft. Hause Holes 2 on each side 15 inches diameter and 14 inches on a square between each other Wing Transom 29 feet long on the aft side moulded & sided 22 inches to round up & aft 6 inches all the others sided 14 inches, the lower deck Transom, moulded as broad as can conveniently be had, for the better securing the ends of the deck planks, two bolts of 1⅞ inch diameter in the deck Transom and all above it, all below bolted with one bolt of 1¼ inch Diameter. Fashion Pieces 2 pair sided 12 inches and moulded 15 inches on the Cant as hereafter directed. Dead Wood forward to secure the scarph of the stem & keel together sided the same as the apron at keel at the after end 24 Inches and not less than 20 inches moulded over the scarph of the keel & to run sufficiently aft midship dead wood 24 Inches, Broad and nine inches thick to run from the dead wood forward to the stern post knee well fayed on the keel. Rabbit of the main keel to be cut 1 Inch below the upper edge the garboard streaks to fay well to the dead wood to be taried & papered with good thick Substantial tared Sheathing paper in order to prevent the ship from [undecipherable] of the shoulder looge her [undecipherable]. Stern Post [undecipherable] the lower one as long as possible Floor & Raising Timbers of good white oak, sided 12½ Inches moulded at the floor surmark 15 inches & in the throat from the top of the dead wood 21 inches to be bolted through the keel with one 4 3/8 inch bolts those bolts should be put as near the side as possible of the keel in order to give room on the other side for the Kelson bolts, one floor bolted near the Larboard side of [the keel], the other on the Starboard side, the timber all to be double bolted from the fore mast to within 10 feet of the Mizen mast. Lower Futtocks of live Oak sided 12 Inches in the Midships & something smaller at the fore & aft ends of the ship to butt against the side of the dead wood amidships, to have crotch chocks fayed on the dead wood & their heels to be bolted through the Kelson & keel with 1½ Inch bolts. Middle & Upper } Futtocks & Tops } sided 11½ Inches Timbers } Top timbers moulded at the Gun whale 9 Inches at the port, all 9 inches all the other timbers sized by a diminishing line from the port sill to the floor surmark which is 15 inches Timbers framed, floor timbers, lower futtocks, middle & upper & top timbers all to be framed in frames & bolted with 3 bolts 1¼ inch square in each scarphs, except the lower futtocks & floors which should have 1¼ inch bolts. Those timbers must be faced fair & true; for if they are not out of winding it will be impossible to bevel the timbers with any truth. Main Wales six streaks on each side 7 inches thick & 10 inches wide Black Streaks 5 in number the first & second 5½ inches thick 3. 5½ inches, 4^th 5 inches & the 5^th 4½ Inches thick, by 10 inches wide the upper edge of the Black Streak to be nailed down to a level in order to carry the water out at the seam; plank between the black streak and the string to be three and one half inches thick. Thick Work under the wale first Streak 5 inches thick 2"... 5½ inches, 3— 5 inches and fourth of four & half inches Running plank in the Bottom 4 Inches thick to be not less than six feet scarph nor less than 4 streaks, between every Running two Butts on the same timber; the Seams to be made a little out gaged and great care must be taken to Bevel in the both edges of the plank that comes together alike for if one Bottom edge is neen standing the other must be under which makes bad Works, the plank with the under leveling will caulk off Bilge { 1 of 6 inches thick } on each side the middle streak to cover Streaks { 2 of 5½ — D°. — } the Butts of the Timbers equally inside { outside 2 of 4½ — D°. — } and out to be reduced fore and aft inde the same as the running plank & Inside Work Lumber streaks 2 on each side 6 inches thick & 14 inches wide Bilge Streaks 3 on each side 6 inches thick & 14 inches wide to be bolted through the out side bilge streak in every 3^rd timber with one Inch Bolts &c Runing Ceiling Plank 4 inches thick.... Lower Deck Clamps 2 streaks on each side 5 inches thick, & one Streak 4½ inches, all hooked & jogled into each other with hooks not less than 2 inches reduced at fore & after ends Stops of Masts the fore stop to be placed, between 2 breast hooks the main Stop to be left so as to be set, either forward or aft as occasion may require, the Mizen stop to be 2 Crutches the arms of which ought to run up as high as possible. Pillars or Stantions, 3 Tier under the gun deck & one under the upper deck made to shift. Breast hooks of Live Oak 5 in the the hold including the Deck hook from 18 to 20 feet long if to be had, and bolted in every timber with bolts of 1¼ inch diameter, as well as through the Stem and 2 between decks secured as above the Deck breast hooks moulded as broad as possible, in order to give good hold for the Deck plank. Transom Riders 2 on each side under the lower deck 18 feet long & sided 12 inches, bolted in every other timber with 1½ inch Bolts. Diagonal Riders six pair on each side in three principal pieces with two shorter ones to complete, the pair tabled & bolted together with 8 Iron bolts of 1¼ inch square in each scarph & three in the short pieces, to be bolted through the bottom plank at every two feet with 1½ inch Copper bolts, the two midship ones to be against each other, the foremost of the two midship Riders to cut with a Birds mouth, & to fit under the eighth Beam from forward, the after one of the midship one to be cut & fixed in the same manner under the eighth Beam from aft, the other riders to be the distance of 2 beams a part & fitted in the same manner to be kept the same distance aft & forward at heel as they are at the head to be Tenanted & bolted into the Kelson. Lower Deck Beams of the best heart pitch pine sided 16 Inches and moulded 14 inches the longest [undecipherable] spring 6 Inches and the rest [undecipherable] mould. Lodging Knees sided 10 Inches Body to reach the next beam and arm 6 feet hooked into the beam to lay 2 inches below the the upper edge of the beam for the waterway & thick staff to jogle down to be bolted with seven Bolts 1¼ Inch diameter. Dagger Knees sided 11 Inches body 9 feet long & arm 7 feet the arm hooked into the beam & bolted with 8 Bolts of 1¼ inch Diameter. Lower Deck Transom Knees sided 12 inches, body 10½ feet long arm 7 feet and bolted with 13 bolts 1½ inch diameter. Carlings. In 3 tier — 6 by 9 Inches of White Oak Ledges — 5 by 6 d° 2 between each beam Mast Carlings for the main & foremast 10 by 15 inches to be kneed with 4 good knees, Mizen Carlings 6 by 12 Inches & knees in the same manner all of which pieces to be live Oak & Bolted with inch bolts & 7/8 bolts. Gun deck Carlines, the same size and secured in the same manner. Spur Beam one of live Oak on each side of the Main hatch tabled & kneed & bolted on the fore side of the beam on the after part of the Mains hatch 12 inches by 14 & for Gun deck the same. Solid Waterways — of good long substantial white Oak worked with a feint hollow Rabbited 1¼ inch above the deck allowing 2 Inches to be let down upon the beams a good 6 inch Oak Streak jogled 2 inches into the edge of the waterway & in to and over the Beams and Ledges for the Gun deck, a 5 inch streak for the lower deck, & a 5 inch streak for the upper Deck all jogled in the same way & bolted through the side every 4 feet and through every Beam with 1¼ inch Bolts upper deck with inch Bolts. Thick Streaks on lower Deck, 2 streaks of Thick Oak plank 5 & inches thick and not less than 10 inches wide Bolted and jogled into each other, & over and into the Beams & ledges 2 Inches running all fore and aft along side of the Hatches, two other streaks on each side fitted as above midway between the waterways and hatch streaks, a long white Oak knee to be fayed at the end of each pair to be jogled over 2 Beams well Bolted to the Bow & Stern with 1½ Inch Bolts & two other White oak knees to run from the Mizen mast to the Stern post jogled over & into each Beam to be let down on the beams sufficient for the Ledges to frame into them, one other to reach from the stern to the fore mast worked in the same manner, the arm part of each knee to be well bolted through the stern & post with 1¼ Inch Bolts. Lower Deck plank to be 3¼ In[ches] [undecipherable] the best heart pitch pine clear of all [undecipherable] Orlops Deck to be laid 6 feet 2 inches below the upper part of the lower deck; Beams of the best heart pitch pine sided 12 inches & moulded 10 inches, laid with 2 Inch common plank kneed with one good live Oak knee at each end, bolted with Inch Bolts, it will be best to put the Clamps on the Ceiling three inches thick. Sperkelings 2 Streaks on each side on lower deck 5 inches thick hooked and jogled in to each other, filling in plank between the list and Clamps 4 Inches thick. Gun Deck Clamps 2 streaks on each side 5 Inches thick & one of 4½ inches jogled in to each other 2 Inches. Gun deck Beams, one under each port & one between, of the best heart pitch pine as near as the hatchways & masts will admit, as per draft, sided 18 Inches & moulded 15 inches, all other Beams, to be laid directly over, & under the same. Standard Knees 12 on each side on the lower deck, one to be fayed over each Beam the Diagonal Rider comes under, and the others placed amidships, sided 13 Inches body to reach the upper edge of Gun deck Clamps, the arm 6 feet long, un-Bolted with 8 bolts 1¼ Inch Diameter. Gun deck Lodging Knees sided 10 inches body to reach the next Beam, arm 6 feet long, bolted with 7 Bolts at 1¼ Inch Diameter, hooked & jogled into the Beam. Hanging Knees 7 feet Body & 6 feet arm sided 11 Inches bolted with 8 Bolts 1¼ Inch Diameter the arms of all knees to be hooked and jogled into their respective Beams. Gun deck Transom Knees sided 12 Inches, Body 12 feet long arm 7 feet. Bolted with 12 bolts 1¼ inch Diameter. Parlings. In 3 tier. 6 by 9 Inches of White Oak. Ledges ... 5 by 6 inches of White Oak 2 between each Beam Plank ... 4 Inches thick, six feet from the side of the best white Oak clear of all sap & other defects whatever, the rest to be laid of the best heart pitch pine clear of all sap & other defects whatever. Spirketing to reach the port sill 4½ inches thick, all scarphs should be kept clear of the ports, all butts well shifted. Filling in Planks between the Spirketing and Clamps three inches thick. Wing Transom knees sided 13 Inches, body 14 feet long & arm 8 feet long bolted with 14 bolts 1½ inch diameter. Thick Streaks on the Gun deck 2 streaks white oak planks 6 Inches thick and not less than 10 inches wide bolted & jogled into each other and over & into the beams & Ledges 2 Inches running all fore & aft along side of the hatches, 2 other streaks on each side fitted as above midway between [the waterway & Hatch Streaks] Upper Deck Clamps 2 streaks on each side 4 inches thick hooked & jogled into each other. Beams placed over the Gun deck Beams sided 13 & 14 Inches & moulded of the best heart pitch pine. Quarter Deck Transom 10 by 10 one knee at each end, sided eight inches body & arm 6 feet & bolted with 8 bolts 1 inch dia[meter]. Lodging Knees sided 4½ inches body to reach the next beam arm from 5 to 4½ feet hooked & jogled into every Beam and bolted with 7 Bolts one Inch Diameter. Hanging Knees sided 8 Inches body 5½ feet & arm 5 feet Bolted with eight bolts 1 inch Diameter and hooked & jogled to the beam. Carlings 3 tier except where the long comings are 5 Inches by 8 inches white oak. Ledges 4½ by 6 Inches white Oak two between each Beam. Mast Combings to be of good white oak, [as well as] the hatch Comings those for the main & fore mast should at least be 6 inches clear of the mast all round in order to give room for the Mast to play and more particularly for heaving down the Mizen partners need not exceed Three Inches Clear. Plank for Deck — 3 inches thick five feet of which must be laid under Oak from the side, the rest of the best pitch heart pine plank. Long Comings of heart pitch pine 10 by 17 inches to be kept wide enough a part to take down the boat & room along side for the men to pass from the Guns to the upper deck. Stemson of Live Oak sided 14 inches & moulded 10 inches to shift the scarphs of Stem & Apron to reach the upper deck breast hook. Leaden Scuppers on each side on the gun deck cut elliptic 4 by 5 Inches. Seat Transom across the Stern the height of the port sill to be jogled into the Counter timbers, 9 inches thick & kneed at each end with one Iron knee, to fay along under the Gallery door & long enough to receive 3 bolts & fore it 1½ inch diameter the Athwar Ship arm 4 feet to be Bolted with 3 Bolts of 1 Inch Diameter. Counter timbers of live Oak sided at the lower part of the windows & heel 11 inches at the upper end 6 inches to be filled in from the lower part of the window to the wing Transom with Red Cedar except in the wake of the Gun Room ports. Cable Bitts 2 pair of good tough strong white Oak 22 inches square & to taper below the lower deck beams to 10 inches & Cross pieces to be 22 inches fore & aft & 20 inches deep to have a Standard knee against each Bitt sided 14 inches to run forward over 3 beams & scored down over each 2 inches the arm to run to the upper side of the Cross piece. Catheads sided 20 Inches & moulded 18 inches. Trenails for the bottom of the best Heart Locust to drive after 1⅞ Inch Augur, for the Wales & upper work to drive after 1¼ Inch Augur to be all plained to a moat & not suffered to be over hauled afterward. A Copy Jno Humphreys Indent for the Materials of a 44 Gun Frigate 145 Keel 43½ do Beam and 14¼ do Hold &c Spars &c A compleat set of Masts Yards Booms &c with the following Spare Spars 1 Jib Boom 1 Fore Top Mast 1 Fore Top gallant Mast 1 Fore Yard 1 Fore Top Sail Yard 1 Fore Top gallant Yard 1 ditto Royal ditto 1 Main Yard 1 Main Topsail Yard 1 Main Topgallant do 1 Royal ditto 1 Main Top Mast 1 Main Top gallant Mast 1 Cuss Sack Yard 1 Misen Top Sail Yard 1 Misen Topgallant ditto 1 Gaff 1 Misen Topmast 1 Misen Top gallant Mast with one compleat set of Studding Sail Booms & Yards. Two dozen of Oak fishes assorted for the lower Masts & Yards &c 10 Rough Staves of various Sizes for Shel Masts &c & Main Cap 1 Fore ditto 1 Misen ditto 3 Topmast caps 2 cross tressel Trees for the Top masts 1000 feet of Oak Plank of various sizes and 500 feet of Pine board. 35½ long Boats &c Long Boat built in Launch form 39 feet wide 4 feet deep &c Barge 35 feet long 7 feet wide &c Pinnance 26 feet long 7 feet ditto Jolly Boat 24 feet long 6½ wide &c The above Boats to be compleated with Masts Oars Spare Oars Boat hook Staffs &c 12 Sweeps for the Ship 45 feet long Anchors 4 Anchors made of brought Iron of 50 C W gross but 5600 lbs 1. ditto 15 bw 1. ditto Iron Stocked 10 do 1. do do 7 do 1. do do 3½ 6 Grapnels of [undecipherable] for boats Kentledge &c 150 Tons 1 Lightning Conductor Medicine &c One compleat Medicine Chest with Instruments as Surgeons Indent May be Cables Standing Running Rigging & 5 Cables of 120 fathoms each & 30 Inches in Circumference 1 do 9. do 12½ do 1. do ½ do 9. do 2 do ½ do 6½ do A Gang of Main & Fore Shrouds 9½ Inch in circumference Main and Fore Stays 17 do ditto Spring Stays 13. do Mizen Shrouds 7½ do Mizen Stay 6½ do Spring ditto 7½ do Lower Sheets 5 do 3 Buoy Ropes 9½ do 2 do do 1½ do and other Standing & running Rigging of difft sizes Including Spare rigging about 35 ton 5 lb Tons Junk for making Swabs Stop pers wadels, felts wadels Spunyarn Points Gaskets &c &c Sails Two compleat Sails with awnings. 900 Bolts of N^o 1 and Sail Cloth with Spare canvas for Stores 10 ditto 2 15 ditto 3 65 ditto 4 165 ditto 5 40 ditto 6 20 do 7 315 bolts of New Canvass 2000 Yards of Old Canvass for Purceline &c 400 double twilled Hammocks 21 Boles 500 W of Sewing & whipping Twine 300 W of Marlin and Houseline 2 deep Sea Lines 120 fathoms each 4 hand lines 30 ditto 1000 Sail Needles of various Sorts assorted 4 dosen of [undecipherable] Colours 2 United States Ensigns Jacks and Pendants 1 Broad Pendant 1 Barges Inseign Jack and Pendant 1 English Ensign and Jack 1 French ditto ditto 1 Spanish ditto ditto 1 Dutch ditto ditto 1 Portuguise do do 1 Danish do do 1 Swedish do do 1 Algrine do do 1 Moorish do do 12 Signal Flags and 12 Pendants 15 Pieces Spare bunting of different Colours 200 Yards Red and Green Baize Galley Furniture &c One compleat wrought Iron hearth with utensials of size & form of an English 50 Gun Ship Water Casks Coopers Stores 90 water Casks to contain 300 Gallons each 60 ditto do 125 do 70 ditto do 42. do 2 Harness Tubs — — — 2 Ship ditto 2 dozen Buckets 1 ditto Pails 4 Pump Cans 6 water Tubs for the Tops &c [Hause Tubs?] 6 Nun Buoys Suitable to the Anchors 4 large water funnels Stationary Books for Clerk &c Ink Sealing wax Paper Quillice Sheathing Paper Copper Composition Bolts Nails Pintels and Gudgeons Tar &c Military Stores 30 Guns of 24 pounds with carriages Tamp Kins Beds Quoins Gun and relieving Tackles Breechings Sponges Rammers Copper Ladles Horns Crows and handspikes & all compleat with 30 Cartridge boxes 36 Powder horns with bells & prickers 30 Lynch Locks &c 14 Gun of 12 p with every thing appertaining thereto the same as 24 Lb together with 400 of Match Stuff, 2 Tons of Sheet Lead for Aprons including spare lead for Nailing over shot holes &c 3 dozen of battle Lanterns for the Tides 20 dosen port fire 20 doz false fires Stocks filled 20 doz priming Tubes &c Barrel Cannon [undecipherable] ditto Musket ditto do Pistol do Round 24 pound Shot double head and Chain ditto Round 12 pound Shot Double head & Chain Grape Shot on Iron Stools for 24 lb ditto for 12 do Canisters of Shot for 12 do 4 yards of flannel for the cannon cartridges Quires of Paper for ditto Muskets with Bayonets compleat Pistols Boarding Pikes Cutlashes Flints assorted Musket & Pistol Cartridge paper &c &c Cartridge Boxes Muskit & Pistol Scrupers & Worms Sheepskins for Sponges &c Musket and Pistol Balls 12 Pouch Barrels 2 Compleat Arm Chests 16 Spare Gun Carriages with beds Quoins &c 8 Copper Measures assorted for the Cannon 24 formers for Cannon Musket and Pistol Cartridge Blunderbusses and Howelzers for Tops &c Military Stores Continued 12 Swivels for boats &c Shot for blunderbusses &c ditto for Swivels Boarding Axes with horns Hand Grenades 1 Magazine Lanthorn (for 4 candles) Guarded with copper bars and the same fixed in a leaded trough for water Cabin Furniture 1 dripping pan 1 Stove &c compleat + 1 Cork Screws 6 Decanties 1 Nutmeg grater 4 dozen wine Glasses & 2 Japan'd Tureens 1 bread Basket 3 dozen Tumblers 2 tea kettles 2 Plate Baskets 2 Chamber pots 4 Salts 2 bason hand basins 1 Looking Glass Sconces &c 6 butter Boats 1 Mahogany Dining Table 6 Salts 2 Small Tables do 4 Tin funnels 12 Windsor Chairs .1 Black Jack 2 Arm ditto 2 Tin pudding Pans 1 Set of Curtains 2 Candle boxes 1 Coffee Pot 14 lb Cotton Wick 1 Chocolate do 2 Iron Ladles 2 Pair Tormenters 3 Green Cloths in Tables 1 Cabin Bell 4 Patent Lamps 4 Pair Brushes 6 Mops 6 Scrubbing Brushes 12 Stew and Sauce pans of different Sizes 2 Iron Potts 1 Frying pan 1 Grid Iron 1 Spit 1 Chafing Dish 2 dozen diaper Table Cloths 2 Carving Knives and forks 2 dozen Table Knives & 2 do Forks 1 dozen Silver Table Spoons Cabin Furniture Continued 2 Dozen Tea Spoons 1 ditto Soup Ladel 2 Tureens Large 2 Small ditto 2 Dozen dishes of different Sizes 10 Dozen of flat and Soup plates 1 Set of Castors 1 Large Tea Tray 1 Set of China or Tea Equipage Compleat 3 doz decanters Potts half pints & quarterns 4 Tin Boxes for Pepper Flower &c 1 Calliander 14 Candle Wicks Snuffers &c 2 Candle Boxes 1 Cheese Toaster Paints &c Red Paint White ditto Black ditto Yellow do Various Colours Paint Oil Binnacle ditto Bright Varnish Black Varnish Spirits Turpentine Charts &c A compleat Set of Charts for Europe Asia Africa & America Ship Chandlery &c &c 1 Azimuth Compass 6 Quarter Minute Glasses 4 Brass ditto 2 dez Tin Lanthorns 2 Boxler do 1 Ship ditto 1 Steering do 1 Top ditto 3 Spy Glasses 1 Telltelling Stone & [undecipherable] 1 Night do 6 Tinder boxes with Steels 2 Glasses of 2 hours 2 Pair Steel Yards 6 ditto of ½ half hours 3 dez Marlin Spikes 6 1½ Minute Glasses 1 doz of Needle hones Ship Chandlery &c Continued 6 Ship Hads 2 Deep Sea Leads 6 boat do 6 Hand ditto 2 large [undecipherable] 3½ dosen best Pad Locks 3 Boatswain calls 1½ dez Top Chains boat chains Shank painter Chains 40 barrels Tar 4 Copper Pumps 60 ditto Pitch 2 Potts of Half pint } 30 do Turpentine 2 of pint } made of Copper & lined with Tin 2 Potts of 1 Quart } 10 Chuldren of Coals 25 Cord fire wood 500 lb of Candles (Tallow) 100 W^t of Spermaceti 7 dozen Fish hooks assorted 6 Pair Grains &c 6 Harpoons &c 2 dozen of Clumps for Scrubbing the decks 10 dozen Brooms 120 Bowls and Platters 4 Dozen common Cans 20 dozen Locks and Thimbles assorted for lines 20 dozen Thimbles ditto 20 dozen Staples ...do 20 Rigging hedes 6 Speaking Trumpets 6 Rat Traps 6 dozen flint & Tar brushes assorted 3 dozen Log lines and fishing Lines assorted 6 Plumbo Lines 20 dozen hunks (wood) 20 ditto ditto (Iron) 6 Quire Log Book Paper 6 Pair of Gun hooks of different sizes 200 lb Pump Leather 1 Log board with brass hinges 3 Cks Ocrum for Stores Blocks Pumps &c Compleat set of blocks dead eyes hearts sheaves and pins with belaying pins both of wood and Iron. 4 Common brass Chamber'd pumps 1 head pump for the head 1 ditto for the Stern 2 Chain pumps 1 Fire Engine compleat with 2 doz leather buckets 2 Sets of Capstain bars with Sundry Spare blocks trucks common handspikes &c 6 round about blocks 3 Cat blocks Stop blocks, Stretchers for two Stern Ladels and for Stay Sail halting two dozen fids assorted 2 dozen Serving mallets of different sizes with three sets of pump geer compleat Tools A compleat Set of Carpenters and Caulkers tools for a Ship Joiner Coopers and Armourers including one large and two small pitch felts three Iron Ladles and Loggerheads 24 ballast Shovels 36 Scrapers 12 Sheets of Copper for Sundry uses about the Masts &c 6 brew bares 6 top Mauls, two pair of Jack Screws together with Nails Spikes and pump tacks assorted [symbol] NB Herewith is a list of all the Materials, articles wanted for a 44 Gun Frigate the quantity of powder Shot &c is left blank to be filled up the Secretary office according as the service in which the Ships are to be employed may require a greater or lesser quantity the different Officers Tools may be easy estimated as well as the amount of Pumps Blocks and other articles not particularly inserted. The quantity of provisions must be calculated by the Act of Congress according to the length of the expedition. Jn^o John Barry Ric^o Dale Thomas Truxtun Philad 16 June 1794