[undecipherable] By the reports of Cap^t. Nicholson and M^r. Claghorne The [undecipherable] Contractor, it becomes my duty to inform you the fact of their [undecipherable] Caleb Gibbs has been very remiss in his duty for actually in not attending the [undecipherable] but a small part of each day; seldom [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of the workmen not settling any account of his on Copies delivered to or received from the Blacksmiths and not [undecipherable] the Contractor[s] in [undecipherable] any papers relating to the [undecipherable: Frigate] when obliged him to employ a person occasionally for that [undecipherable]. They therefore think some further orders necessary from the War Office to the [undecipherable] or to themselves as they Conceive it a part of his duty to assist them on all necessary occasions. Josiah Fox Sec'y of War Boston Aug 5^th 1796.