[Henry Jackson Esq^r.] Sir, W.D. March 20^th 1795. The Secretary of the Treasury has sent me a letter from Nath.^s Cushing, of which the inclosed is a copy, relative to the Anchors he has been making for the United States, and desires that an Inspector may be appointed to examine them, according to the terms of the contract. — I have to request you to appoint a suitable person for the purpose — a man of judgment & integrity, on whose report the Public may rely. His report you will be so good as to transmit to this office. A duplicate of it will be proper for M^r Cushing as a voucher to present with his account to the Treasury Department. Will the situation of the Navy Yard at Boston admit of having these anchors lodged there? If it will, the Clerk of the yard may receipt for them, & take them under his care. Otherwise you will be pleased to have them received & safely deposited. — [Cap. Thomas Truxtun.] Sir W.D. April 7^th 1795. In the receipt of your letter of the 6^th instant I looked into the instructions given by the late Secretary of War to the Superintendants & other principal Officers concerned in building the Frigates. The power of confining a Constructor to the plan of building prescribed is expressly given to the Superintendant, & it is enjoined on him as a duty to see that the Frigate he Superintendants is built accordingly. If a Constructor deviates from the rules prescribed, and will not conform to it on the representation of the Superintendant, a report thereof must be made to the Department of War; when measures will be taken to compel a conformity, or to discharge the Constructor. — I do not see how an authority can be given to regulate disputes without a power of dismissing the refractory. If this would be a departure from the regulations prescribed in all other Cases, it does not seem expedient to make that of Baltimore an exception. But by your prudence, you may reconcile disputants, restore & preserve harmony in the yard. If any of the persons employed, are indolent, incapable, or incorrigibly quarrelsome, the Agent who procures the Workmen ought to dismiss them. The Superintendant, it is expected, will suffer no kind of abuse to take place without giving information thereof to the Department of War. M^r Francis, the purveyor, has sent off some copper bolts for Baltimore. They must be reduced to the proper size, before they are used. Let the progress of the work & other circumstances dictate when you should write, instead of making a weekly report according to your former instructions. — [M^r David Stodder, Constructor, Baltimore.] Sir W.D. April 7^th 1795. It has been represented to me that the person sent from Philadelphia to assist you in the construction of the Frigate which is to be built at Baltimore, from his knowledge in Ship building, particularly in the application of the moulds in forming the timbers, was deemed an acquisition to the [undecipherable: Centre?], has now rendered uneasy in his situation. The necessity of harmony among persons employed in the same yard must be apparent and I shall rely upon it as you regard the Public interest, that such harmony be cultivated on your part. — The fashion & manner, in which the frigates are to be constructed