[Left margin: M^r J. Thompson] Sir. War Office January 2[8]. 1797. M^r Cheesman informs me he has selected out from the Navy Yard Eighteen Thousand and Twenty [undecipherable]s which he has Shipped on board the Schooner Henry, Cap^t. Tollet, bound to Portsmouth — You will on their Arrival offer them to M^r Hackett at the prices they Cost Government with the addition of freight. If M^r Hackett Should think proper to reject this offer you will cause them to be valued on the spot agreeably to the most pointed set in his Contract — Number of [undecipherable] and Cost 1700 of 36 Inches at $22.50 p^er — 27— 3390 of 24 d^o @ 13. — d^o — 49.80 3480 of 20 d^o @ 12.50 d^o — 43.50 [undecipherable]390 of 18 d^o @ 11.25 d^o — 94.3[undecipherable] 1630 of 16 d^o @ 10. — d^o — 16.30 230.9[undecipherable] C^t Freight — 2[undecipherable] dollars — 25[undecipherable].9[undecipherable] C^t --- [Left margin: Secretary of the Treasury] Sir. War Office January 28. 1797. I enclose you a Statement of the quantity of Canvas that will be wanted for the frigate building for the Dey of Algiers — Estimate of the Quantity of Canvas necessary for Sails &c for the Frigate Building for the Dey of Algiers — [Left margin: 7 Canvas 30 Inches in width] | Names of Sails | Quantity of Canvas in each Sail | No. Unite | Total quantity of Canvas | |---|---|---|---| | Mainsail | 372 | 2 | 744 | | Foresail | 263 | 2 | 52[undecipherable] | | Mizzen | 107 | 2 | 21[undecipherable] | Carried over ———— 148[4] Brought over ———— 1484 [Left margin: 7 Canvas of 30 Inches in width] | Names of Sails | Quantity of Canvas in each Sail | No. Unite | Total quantity of Canvas | |---|---|---|---| | Maintopsail | 3[6]2 | 2 | 724 | | Foretopsail | 328 | 2 | 6[5]6 | | Spritsail | 96[½] | 1 | 96[½] | | Forestaysail | 60 | 2 | 120 | | Mainstaysail | 73½ | 2 | 14[7] | | Mizzen Staysail | 101 | 2 | 202 | | Awnings | 43[5] | 1 | 43[5] | | Waist and Quarter Cloths | 25[5] | 1 | 25[5] | | For. Main and Mizzen Top Cloths | 39 | 1 | 3[9] | | Mast and Rudder coats | 33 | 1 | 33 | | Windsails | 80 | 1 | 80 | | | | Yards — | [undecipherable] | | Mizzen Topsail | 223 | 2 | 44[6] | | Maintopgallantsail | 9[9] | 2 | 19[8] | | Foretopgallantsail | 7[7] | 2 | 15[4] | | Mizzentopgallantsail | 5[2] | 2 | 10[4] | | Spritsail Topsail | 5[5½] | 1 | 5[5½] | | Maintopmastflystaysail | 205 | 2 | 410 | | Foretopmastflystaysail | 8[1] | 2 | 16[2] | | Middlestaysail | 10[8] | 2 | 21[6] | | Mizzen top mastflystaysail | 7[2] | 2 | 14[4] | | Maintopgallantstaysail | 8[1] | 2 | 16[2] | | Lower Main Studding sail | 13[0] | 4 | 52[0] | | Lower Fore Studding Sail | 12[9] | 4 | 51[6] | | Main Sp[e]nmast [F]udding Sail | 150 | 4 | 600 | | Forespenmast [F]udding Sail | 120 | 4 | 480 | | Maintopgallant Studding Sail | 4[7] | 4 | 18[8] | | Foretopgallant Studding sail | 3[7] | 4 | 14[8] | | Jib | 17[2] | 2 | 34[4] | | Main Royal | 4[5] | 2 | 9[0] | | Fore Royal | 3[3] | 2 | 6[6] | | Mizzen Royal | 2[2] | 2 | 4[4] | | Spanker | 23[5] | 2 | 47[0] | War Office January 28. 1797. Signed Josiah Fox Navy Constructor Yards — 555[1] [Left margin: 2 [undecipherable] endorsed by Cap^t. [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]