Portsmouth August 1^st 1796 Sir inclose to your Request. I here with give you my Price for Building a Ship agreeable to the dimensions in your Statement, to Carry thirty four Guns, Say 3:18 - 13 tons at forty four Dollars p Ton, exclusive of the Tided [undecipherable] vollomes from Work. Issues Work Pitch, Pitam, Tar &C: in the I will find nothing more than is usual for builders to find other in Boston or Philadelphia [underline: Excepting Masts &Liars to Launch her in Twelve months] — I will take in [undecipherable] any Timber the United States may have to dispose of that will Answer the above Ship — [left margin: April James McHenry Secretary of War] I am with Respect your Ob^t H^bl Serv^t James Hacket &C.