[(No!] [undecipherable] Portsmouth, Sept 9^th 1796 Sir agreeably to your request I send you my terms for Constructing the Iron work of the Frigate promised to be built for the United States. 1^st the Government shall find all the Iron and the Iron work for the said Ships Shall be done in a good and workmanlike Manner; and shall be Completed for Twenty Eight Shillings P^r Hundred weight I am Sir with much respect your very humble Ser[vant] Milton [undecipherable] M^r Josiah Fox Naval Constructor Portsmouth (N. H.)