War Office Oct 18^th 1795 On examining the estimates sent to the Different Contractors, I have discovered that they have been sent to the Contractors of the 36 Gun Frigates, only, haveing been to the Contractors of the [undecipherable] particularly in the dispositions of the Cedar Timbers and Chimin [undecipherable], the frames of [undecipherable] those [undecipherable] that should lengthen and shorten, or [undecipherable] Brought with the Dimensions you formed [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and as those Dimensions may [undecipherable] tender not over. I would recommend to have the [undecipherable] Frigates sent on to Baltimore, and [undecipherable], timely Precautions may be taken to prevent [undecipherable] that may happen by reason of those [undecipherable] Mistakes. I would also recommend the 3 [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] that forms the [undecipherable] State [undecipherable] of wood— if possible to be [undecipherable] of sufficient to [undecipherable] their [undecipherable] are not to give wrought to the [undecipherable] writ be either [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] or the [undecipherable] to will not be of sufficient length to make good Work. The Timbers that should [undecipherable] be to lengths [undecipherable] [undecipherable] are [undecipherable] and in the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 36 [undecipherable] and 43 which will be only 14 in [undecipherable] each of the 36 Gun Frigates, and they [undecipherable] contributed to [undecipherable] them the [undecipherable] will [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] their [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] disposed [undecipherable] other [undecipherable] of the 3 [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from being cut and [undecipherable] York House, and it would [undecipherable] the Butts of [undecipherable] Make and [undecipherable] which would be better [undecipherable] [undecipherable] should each take their [undecipherable] at this dimension [undecipherable]. They will not [undecipherable] for them than [undecipherable] [undecipherable] you will see the [undecipherable] of the above [undecipherable] which had been very strongly and [undecipherable] in any [undecipherable] as absolutely [undecipherable] and which [undecipherable] strong the [undecipherable] as well as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] deal [undecipherable] This [undecipherable] unnecessarily [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] to make the proper shape of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The Timbers that might be [undecipherable] of this [undecipherable] [undecipherable] dispositions were [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the Timbers that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] and remain with due respect to Josiah Fox [undecipherable] Humphreys Naval Constructor Philadelphia