conformity, or to discharge the Contractor. I do not see how an authority can be given to regulate disputes, without a power of dismissing the refractory. As this would be a departure from the regulations prescribed in all other cases, it does not feem 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 Superintendent, it is expected, will suffer no kind of abuse to take place without giving information thereof to this Department often. M^r Francis, the Surveyor, 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, Superintend^t, Baltimore.] 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 desirous as aquisition to the Centre, has been 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 however, in which the frigates are to be constructed