[Docket: appointment as Builder of the Frigate also Inspect in the absence of M^r. Morgan & dated May 12. 1795] War Office May 12. 1795 Sir Your skill and services in preparing the draughts and moulds of the frigates now building in the United States, and the intended further application of your skill in assisting in the construction of the frigate to be built at Norfolk as soon as all the draughts could be completed, induced me to agree that from the first day of April last your pay shall be at the rate of Seven hundred and fifty dollars a year, and of which for your satisfaction I give this Certificate. For that compensation you will perform any services which shall be required of you in the line of your profession for the use of the United States — I am Sir Your obed Servant Timothy Pickering M^r Josiah Fox