[M^r Josiah Fox Naval Constructor Portsmouth —] Sir Agreable to your desire, I now Inform you what part of the lumber I can procure agreable to your Statement. if nothing very Special prevents, Viz^t the whole of the 1500 pine Plunk, also the 400 pieces of pine Scantling delivered at Portsmouth Town wharf, within five or Six weeks from the time of our contracting if we Should contract, at the following prices Viz^t for the Plunk to be calculated at Square limbed Board measure at 20 dollars p^r thousand the pine Scantling, by the Same mode of Calculation, at 16 dollars p^r thousand, please Sir to let me know by the first Opportunity, whether my terms are agreeable or not — [undecipherable] from your most obed^t Hum^ble [undecipherable] Lydeman Gale Kingston October the 8^th 1796 M^r Josiah Fox Naval Constructor Portsmouth