[Address panel:] [10] M^r Josiah Fox to the care of Jacob Sheafe Esq^r Portsmouth [postal seal] [Docket notation:] Boston 25^th August 1796 Cap^t Nicholson — no live oak arrived at Boston 41 frames round [undecipherable: probable reading Portsmouth] N He rece [undecipherable] August — Boston Aug^t 25^th 1796 D^r Sir Col^o Claghorne left us Yesterday on a Journey he desired I would inform You that he had not rec^d A Stick of live Oak timber since you left us, and that he had not yet 21 Complete frames, and that he could not from what he had on the Yard make out, [strikethrough: one more] [undecipherable] that he wished for. A speedy Supply. He also had not taken an Acct of the W. Oak timber, as it had not yet been marked by the [undecipherable] but he would attend to your letter of the [9^th?] [inst?] immediately on his return, D^r Sir, if you can give me Any information respecting A Supply of timber for our Ship, as we hear nothing from head quarters You will Oblige Y^r friend and H^ble Serv^t Sam^l Nicholson M^r Josiah Fox