[384] Estimate of the sum necessary on account of the fortifications of the ports and harbours of the United States, for the year 1797. Superintendants, and certain repairs to the [undecipherable] at Portland, Portsmouth (N. Hampshire) Gloucester, Cape Ann, Salem, Marblehead, (Massachusetts) Newport, (Rhode Island) New London (Connecticut) and Savannah and Point Peter, (Georgia) in case of being left without garrisons. .............. 4,000. " Repairs or additions to the forts at Governors Island, New York; Mud Island, near Philadelphia; Whetstone point, Baltimore; Norfolk, Virginia; Wilmington, North Carolina; and fort Johnston, near Charleston, South Carolina. ......... 24,000 " 28,000 " Four temporary Engineers ............. 3,832 " 31,832 " Balance of unexpended appropriations for 1794 and 1795 ............ 8,437. 45 To be provided for, for the year 1797. .......... Dollars ...... 23,394. 55 [undecipherable] James M^c Henry. War Office, January 16, 1797.