Sir. War Office January 28^th 1797 M^r Cheesman informs me he has selected out from the Navy Yard Eighteen Thousand and Twenty five [undecipherable] which he has Shipped on board the Schooner [undecipherable] Capt. Talbot bound to Portsmouth — you will on their Arrival offer them to M^r Hackett at the prices they Cost Government with the addition of freight— If M^r Hackett Should think proper to reject this offer you will cause them to be valued on the spot agreeably to the mode pointed out in his Contract — [Left margin: ff J. Thompson] Number of [undecipherable] and cost 1700 of 36 Inches — @$22 50 [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] 3390 of 24 d^o — @ 13.— d^o — 49.80 3480 of 20 d^o — @ 12.50 d^o — 43 30 [1]390 of 18 d^o — @ 11.25 d^o — 94 3[undecipherable] 1630 of 16 d^o — @ 10.— d^o — 16.30 230 9[undecipherable] C^ts Frt — 27 dollars — 257 9[undecipherable] C^ts Sir. War Office January 28. 1797. [Left margin: Secretary of the Treasury] I enclose you a statement of the quantity of Canvass that will be wanted for the frigate building for the Dey of Algiers — Estimate of the Quantity of Canvass necessary for Sails &c for the Frigate Building for the Dey of Algiers — | Names of Sails | Quantity of Canvass in each Sail | N^o | Total quantity of Canvass | |---|---|---|---| Mainsail — — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 372½ | 2 | 745 Foresail — — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 262½ | 2 | 525 Mizzen — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 107 | 2 | 214 Carried over — — — — — — — — — — — — | | | 1484 Brought over — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Yds. 1484 [Left margin: J Canvas of 30 [undecipherable] in width] | Names of Sails | Quantity of Canvass in each Sail | N^o | Total quantity of Canvass | |---|---|---|---| Maintopsail — — — — — — — — — — — — | 362 | 2 | 724 Foretopsail — — — — — — — — — — — — | 321 | 2 | 642 Spritsail — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 96½ | 1 | 96½ Forestaysail — — — — — — — — — — — — | 60 | 2 | 120 Mainstaysail — — — — — — — — — — — — | 73½ | 2 | 147 Mizzen Staysail — — — — — — — — — — | 101 | 2 | 202 Awnings — — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 415 | 1 | 415 Waste and Quarter Cloths — — — — — — | 233 | 1 | 233 For. Main and Mizzen Top Cloths — — — | 39 | 1 | 39 Mast and Rudder coats — — — — — — — | 33 | 1 | 35 Windmills — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 30 | 1 | 30 | | Yards — | [undecipherable] [Left margin: A [undecipherable] of 24 Inches in width] | | | | | |---|---|---|---| Mizzen Topsail — — — — — — — — — — — | 223 | 2 | 446 Maintopgallantsail — — — — — — — — — | 99 | 2 | [undecipherable] Foretopgallantsail — — — — — — — — — | 71 | 2 | 13[undecipherable] Mizzentopgallantsail — — — — — — — — | 52 | 2 | 10[undecipherable] Spritsail Topsail — — — — — — — — — — | 44½ | 2 | 8[undecipherable] Maintopmast Staysail — — — — — — — — | 205 | 2 | 410 Foretopmast Staysail — — — — — — — — | 81 | 2 | 162 Middle Staysail — — — — — — — — — — — | 108 | 2 | 246 [undecipherable] Mizzen topmast Staysail — — — — — — — | 72 | 2 | 144 Maintopgallant Staysail — — — — — — — | 81 | 2 | 162 Lower Main Studding Sail — — — — — — | 130 | 4 | [undecipherable]20 Lower Fore Studding Sail — — — — — — | 129 | 4 | [undecipherable]16 Main Topmast Studding Sail — — — — — | 150 | 4 | 600 Foretopmast Studding Sail — — — — — — | 120 | 4 | 480 Maintopgallant Studding Sail — — — — — | 47 | 4 | 188 Foretopgallant Studding Sail — — — — — | 37 | 4 | 148 Jib — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 172 | 2 | 344 Main Royal — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 45 | 2 | 90 Fore Royal — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 33 | 2 | [undecipherable]0 Mizzen Royal — — — — — — — — — — — — | 22 | 2 | 44 Spanker — — — — — — — — — — — — — — | 235 | 2 | 470 War Office January 28 1797 Signed Josiah Fox Navy Constructor Yards — [undecipherable] [Left margin: 2 [undecipherable] headsail] [Left margin: B[undecipherable] Endorsed by Captain [undecipherable]]