[undecipherable] (84) War Office June 1^st 1797 Sir This post brought your letter of the 1[undecipherable] inst and now informs you will [undecipherable] by the Secretary there. I hope the [undecipherable] two [undecipherable] with the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] to go under the [Copper?] [undecipherable] the Stores for the [undecipherable] Should [undecipherable] have been left [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] before the Ships is [forwarded?] M^r [undecipherable] may make an Board [undecipherable] for the upper [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. If any charges remain Chargeable to M^r [Hockett?] you will be pleased to transmit them to this Office with the Certificate of the Ships being Safe [undecipherable] and the first Payment every to press as soon as possible after it becomes due as nothing Should be [undecipherable] to press to close the business immediately. the Secretary there appears very much pleased at the seal being [undecipherable] humored by the expiration of the Contract, and I have no doubt. Should Congress determine to build more Frigates but that M^r Hackett will be furnished as [soon] as possible with our early [undecipherable] — Not one of the [undecipherable] are [undecipherable] and I am [undecipherable] they will [undecipherable] much better [undecipherable] — I will thank you for information respecting any [undecipherable] that may be lying at Portsmouth in [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable]. I am Sir with respect Your Friend Josiah Fox [address:] Capt Tho^s Thompson Portsmouth