[John Barry his instructions —] Sir, War dep.^t Aug.^t 7.^th 1794. - You are to consider yourself as the Superintendant of the Frigate to be built at the port of Philadelphia and which is to mount 44 guns. Your constant attendance will be necessary for the purpose of observing that all parts of the business harmonize and are conformed to the Public interests. - The Frigate will be built and equipped under the following general regulations. - The Treasury of the United States will make special contracts for the principal materials, which will be used in the construction and equipment of the Ship. - The Agents Mess.^rs Gurney and Smith will provide all the materials not otherwise provided by the Treasury. They will also excepting the Constructor procure and pay all the workmen and labourers of all sorts necessary for the building and equipment of the Ship. The number and qualities of workmen and labourers are to be furnished by the Agents in pursuance of requisitions in writing by the Constructor for the Hull or Master Mechanic in each branch of equipment but in both cases to be countersigned by the Superintendant. All the materials for the Hull not provided by the Treasury are to be provided by the Agents in pursuance of estimates in writing by the Constructor countersigned by the Superintendant. The materials for the equipment not provided by the Treasury are to be obtained by the agents in pursuance of the estimates of the master mechanics in each branch, countersigned by the Superintendant. - The Constructor will have the immediate direction of all the workmen employed upon the Hull of the Ship. The rolls of the workmen and of the labourers must be called every working day at the commencement and termination of their labour and after returning from dinner. This must be done in the presence of the Constructor and Clerk of the yard, whose Certificate will be an indispensible condition of payment. The Clerk of the yard will receive, issue, and account for all the public property. The orders for the issue of Articles for the Hull must be signed by the Constructor and countersigned by you. - The Articles for the equipment to be issued on the estimate of the principal mechanic in each branch with your order thereon. - You will as well as the Constructor be particularly careful that none but the best materials be used in the construction of the Hull and you will observe the same precautions with respect to the equipments of all sorts- You will also carefully observe that there be no deviation from the directions which shall be issued with respect to the proportions of the Hull and equipments of all sorts. - You will report to me weekly the number of workmen employed and the progress made in the execution either of the Hull or equipments. — Sam [undecipherable]. -