War Office June 19^th 1797 Secrets For information M^r Russell about M^r W^m Harbet and appointed by M^r M^cPennacle, to consider the Building of the Frigate at Garfort during the absence of M^r Morgan, it was the Constitution Nov. 19^th of Novry 1796 I was appointed to Continent that State in the Room of M^r Morgan and I immediately repaired to Norfolk, and left as agents about the 11^th of Sept following — during My residence there M^r Harbet acted under my direction as a Secondary person, and on my returning from thence he assumed his Charge I have before me a Letter of Genl Vanoze Fetter to M^r Pennacle, extracts as follows W O Aug 8^th 1794 "A have informed M^r Morgan who is now in George in getting the Live Oult Timber & Cedar, and enter in a Memo of Patents and References as Condissioner of the Frigates at Norfolk. But it is possible that Permitting many Broken to present their Currency, threw in due Season. Besides these former claims it will be needing "to engage a Master Who will be as the Master builder before the bid "seeing Captⁿ Doale and you shall agree for, and also on last of the new "arrivals of M^r Morgans army, be Compe[strikethrough: tted] to the Consideration Extracts of a Letter from M^r Pennacle to Self of ours dated 30^th Aug^t 1794 "Captⁿ Doale will inform you that we have employed M^r Willen Harret at 15 Doll^r p. Watt, to Superintend the Business till the arrival of M^r Morgan when it is placed in him [undecipherable]