Bilge-ways, launching-ways, & chocks, 1 Rafting boat, 3 Crabbs, 1 Large boiler for boiling plank, 2 Small frame ſtores, 1 Frame work ſhop, 1 Ditto, counting houſe, 55 Red cedar poſts, 1 White oak bitt knee, 10 Live oak top timbers, (condemned) 9 Half top timbers, of live oak, 1 Ditto, (condemned) ditto, 4 Third futtocks, ditto, 3 Small ſecond futtocks, ditto, 4 Ditto, (condemned) ditto, 1 Stanſion, ditto, 1 Ditto, (condemned) 1 Ranging piece, ditto, 2 Brigs tranſoms, ditto, 1 Lower ſtem piece, ditto, 1 1ſt futtock (condemned) ditto, 1 Knee, ditto. *An Inventory of all the Timber, Plank, and other Materials of every ſort, remaining in the Navy Yard at Baltimore, after the completion of the frigate Conſtellation, December 7th, 1797.* ONE ſett of double launching ways, including ſliding ways, cant pieces, ſhores, blocking and wedges, with iron work, all complete and well calculated to launch any ſhip of 74 guns, down to a frigate. 1 Excellent pine maſt 73 feet long, and 30 inches diameter. 2 Ditto, 76 ditto, 25 ditto, uſed as ſheers. 53 Live oak knees, from 3 to 10 feet long. 52 Ditto, top timbers, about 14 ditto. 30 Ditto, futtocks of various kinds, about 14 ditto. 2 Ditto, floors, - about 19 ditto. 1 Ditto, counter, - - 18 ditto. 1 Ditto, log ſent as ſpar, 21 feet long and 15 inches thick. 1 Ditto, ditto, 19 ditto, 15 ditto. 3 Ditto, ditto, 20 ditto, 12 ditto. 1 Ditto, ditto, 16 ditto, 16 ditto. 4 Ditto, ditto, 11 ditto, 11 ditto. 6 Ditto, ditto, 12 ditto, 10 ditto. 165 Oak plank of 3 inch, from 32 to 42 feet long. 193 Ditto, 4 ditto, 35 41 ditto. 42 Ditto, 4½ ditto, 33 40 ditto. 3 Ditto, 5½ ditto, — 30 ditto. 63 Ditto, 6 ditto, 23 40 ditto. 16 Ditto, 7 ditto, — 44 ditto. 96 Pine boards of 1 inch, from 12 to 20 ditto. 154 Ditto, 1½ ditto, 15 24 ditto. 38 Pine plank, 1½ ditto, — 24 ditto. 481 Ditto, 2½ ditto, 30 40 ditto. 102 Ditto, 3 ditto, 24 45 ditto. 101 Ditto, 3½ ditto, 45 54 ditto. 202 Ditto, 4 ditto, — 54 ditto. 1 White oak log 26 feet long, about 18 inches. 1 Ditto, 13 ditto, 12 ditto. 1 Ditto, 16 ditto, 14 ditto. 1 Ditto, 13 ditto, 12 ditto. 12 Ditto, 14 ditto, 8 ditto. 7 Ditto, 8 to 40 ditto, 12 ditto. 9 Riſing timbers, 20 feet by 12 inches. 144 White oak knees, from 5 to 14 feet long, and from 5 to 13 inches. 152 Short pieces of oak plank, from 4 to 12 feet long. 89 Oak ſlabs, about 20 feet long. 34 Ditto, ſtandards, 45 and 50 feet in length. 230 Ditto, ſhores, about 15 feet long. 5 Pine ſtandards 45 and 50 feet in length. 1 Ditto, carling, 27 feet long and 12 by 6 inches. 1 Ditto, ditto, 18 ditto, 12 6 ditto. 2 Ditto, beams, 33 ditto, by 12 inches. 1 Ditto, ditto, 29 ditto, 9 ditto. 29 Ditto, pieces timber from 2 to 6 feet long. 268 White oak, ditto, ditto. 308 Live oak, ditto, ditto. 1 Brow complete, 104 feet long, 11½ feet broad, made of 3 inch pine plank. 1 Sett of moulds as received from Philadelphia. 1 Machine for driving bolts. 4 Gins with benches. 3 Machines for ſliding timber. 4 Trennail moots and horſes. 1 Stove for heating plank, with 1 copper boiler of 90 gallons. 4 Iron plates for boiler. 2 Ten plate ſtoves. 1 Six ditto. 1 Frame guard houſe, 12 feet by 12 feet. 1 Boat-builder's ſhed, 40 ditto, 22 ditto. 1 Maſt ditto, 90 ditto, 25 ditto. 1 Work houſe, 66 ditto, 22 ditto, with a ſhed. 1 Joiner's ſhop, 50 ditto, 25 ditto. 1 Blackſmith's ſhop, 50 ditto, 28 ditto. 1 Clerk's office, 16 ditto, 12 ditto. 1 Batteaux, 1 Cart, 2 Ladders, 1 Pair Trucks, 3 Crabs, 4 Grindſtones, 2 Boat ſheds, 1 Ditto for cabouſe, 7 Temples, 1302 lb. copper bolts, 3 Croſs-cut ſaws, 5 Whip ſaws, 5 Small anchors, 800 Feet iron chains for rafting timber, 4 Saw benches, 74 Ring bolts, 247 Sett ditto, 11 Cant hooks, 34 Rafting clamps, 54 Ditto ſtaples, 15 Trennail pinches, 4 Iron wedges, 6 Small claws, 6 Doggs, 1 Bull ditto, 8 Slice irons, 113 Augers, 105 lb. iron hoops, 17 Mauls, 5 Pair bellows, with 4 complete ſetts ſmiths tools with 2 vices, 12 Copper rivetting plates, 1190 Ditto, ditto, rings, 22 Six inch copper ſpikes, 12 Twelve ditto, bolts, 4 Four ditto, ditto. 5000 Locuſt trennails, A large quantity of ſpikes and bolts, in various pieces of timber about the yard, which it would be proper to have drawn in the ſpring. 2 Pine ſpars 45 feet long by 10 inches, 1 Horſe, ſaddle and bridle. DAVID STODDER, THOMAS TRUXTON, ISAAC GARRETSON, For {Samuel and } HENRY SMYTH. {Joſ. Sterett,} *P. S.* The materials per the above liſt are all in good order, except a few pieces of timber and plank that are ſun-ſhaken, owing to their being expoſed without any covering; the ſolid contents may be calculated nearly by any clerk in the office. It would have coſt an immenſe labour had men been employed, particularly at this ſeaſon, to have turned over every piece ſeparately, to meaſure the ſame every way; we therefore conſidered the mode we took to be the cheapest, and that it would anſwer every purpoſe you could wiſh or deſire, eſpecially as we have been very minute in aſcertaining every particular on hand. We alſo think it proper to inform you, leſt hidden logs, or unknown ſhelves of ſand, of greater extent than we are aware of, ſhould injure the ſhip, that the only floats at high water on ſpring tides; a ſituation by no means proper or deſireable for ſuch a ſhip as the Conſtellation, to lay in. The iron that remains on hand, after the ſeveral jobs in hand are complete, will be returned in the clerk's monthly report. DAVID STODDER, THOMAS TRUXTON, ISAAC GARRETSON, For {Samuel and } HENRY SMYTH. {Joſ. Sterett,} *The Hon.* James M'Henry,} *Secretary of War.* } --- *Live Oak Timber depoſited at Mud Fort, (Philadelphia) and Georgia.* At Philadelphia and Mud Fort—{ 37 Floors, 97 1ſt futtocks, 51 2d futtocks, 78 3d futtocks, 128 Top timbers, 72 Cant timbers, 32 Riders, 129 Knees, 6 Pieces of partners, 4 Counter timbers, 3 Crutches, 26 Hawſepieces, 4 Half timbers, 22 Stanſions. 689 Pieces, containing 14,761 cubic feet. At Oſſaba, in Georgia, - - - - 9,110 ditto. Total, 23,871 Feet. --- (O.) *An account of Materials ſold from the undermentioned Navy Yards, and to whom.* Materials ſold from Portſmouth (N. H.) To Mr. James Hacket—viz. White oak plank of 3 inches, 259 9 at 90 per M. 225 33¾ Ditto, of 3½ — 3,749 10 — 105 — 393 72 Ditto, of 4 — 2,274 5 — 120 — 272 93 Ditto, of 4½ — 24 2 — 135 — 3 66½ White oak cieling plank of 3 — 806 2 — 70 — 56 43½ Ditto, ditto. of 3½ — — — 81 66⅔ — 69 64 Ditto, of 4 — 1,303 3 — 93 33⅓ — 121 64⅔ Pitch pine plank, of 3 — 2,404 0 — 90 — 216 36 Long W. O. timber, 161 tons, 8 feet, at 10 dollars per ton, 1612 Short ditto, 60 tons, 23 feet, at 6 dollars per ton, White oak knees, 1,547½ inches, at 40 cents per inch, - 618 88 Pine timber, 10 tons, 27 feet, at 3 dols. 50 cts. per ton, - 37 36 Spruce ſpars, 88½ inches, at 8 cents per inch, - - - 7 8 White oak trennails, 318, at 60 cents per hundred, - - 1 90⅞ From the Navy Yard, New-York. Locuſt trennails, of 36 inches, 1,230 at 22 50 per M. 27 Ditto, of 24 — 3,320 — 15 — 49 80 Ditto, of 20 — 3,480 — 12 50 43 50 Ditto, of 18 — 8,390 — 11 25 94 38 Ditto, of 16 — 1,630 — 10 16 30 From the Navy Yard, Portſmouth. To Tench Francis, Eſq. Purveyor. White oak plank, of 2½ inches, 39 feet, at 75 dols. per M. 2 92 Ditto, of 3 — 1,231 — at 90 dols. — 110 79 Ditto, of 4 — 1,892 — at 120 dols. — 226 80 Ditto, of 6 — 521 — at 180 dols. — 9 45 White oak timber, 657 feet, at 10 dollars per ton, - - 164 25 Pieces of bunting, 47, at 6 dollars 66 cents per piece, - 313 2 From the Navy Yard, Boſton. Sheet copper, 12,600 pounds, at 40 cents per lb. - - - 4840 Copper nails, 1,672 ditto, at 50 cents per lb. - - - 836 From the Navy Yard, Portſmouth. To Eliſha and James Hill. Iron, 5 tons, 19 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lb. at 120 dollars per ton, - 717 22 From the Navy Yard, New-York. To Meſſrs. M'Keige and Sylveſter. White oak timber, 4,884 feet,} Pine timber, 1,122 feet,} - - - - - 1281 6 Dollars, - 12,732 49 --- (P.) Sir, Navy Yard, *January* 22^d*, 1798.* INCLOSED you have a ſtatement of the pay rolls for the different tradſmens bills, employed in building and finiſhing the frigate United States, by the day, up to the 19^th inſt. You will obſerve that the amount of the carpenters, labourers, and caulkers wages, amount to 46,161 [undecipherable] dollars. The frigate meaſuring 1444 tons, and coſt 31 [undecipherable] dollars per ton, according to the old mode of tonaging merchant ſhips, in this port: You will alſo obſerve that merchant ſhips, tonaged by this rule, have only two decks, the depth never taken into conſideration; the frigates have twice the number of decks, and ought to have an augmentation of price, or a mode of increaſing the number of tons, according to the difference in workmanſhip. The mode by which the above tonage is found, is by multiplying the length of keel, for ſtreight rabbit, by the moulded breath of beam; and that product by half the breath, (which is taken for the depth let it be what it may, and without regard to the number of decks) the laſt product divided by 95, which gives the number of tons required. Price per ton for building and finiſhing the carpenters, labourers, and caulkers work, of live oak and red cedar veſſels (floors and firſt futtocks of white oak) including head, galleries, patent windleſs, &c. according to the cuſtom of the port in the year 1774, when wages was at 6/6. to 7/. per day, was 20 — dollars, Price of labour for carpenters, labourers, and caulkers, per ton, at that time, excluſive of wood. 10 — Difference in labour between building a frigate with four decks, and a common merchant ſhip with two decks, 3 — Difference in framing and bolting every timber together, as the frigate was done, and with four decks, and the common mode of building merchantmen with two, 1 — Extra-expence it would have coſt at that time, to prepare the foundation, the yard, boiler, &c. 1 — Difference in workmanſhip, 1 — For preparing the bottom and coppering, — 50 Price per ton the frigate would have coſt for carpenters, labourers, and caulkers work, in the year 1774, wages as above ſtated, } 16 50 Wages on the frigate, as by the rolls will appear, was from 11/3. to 15/. per day; which is nearly double, and may, for cogent reaſons hereafter expreſſed, be quite ſo; which will bring the coſt of the frigate, for the workmanſhip, by fair comparitive calculation, to Dolls. 33 per ton. It is a known fact that the higher the price of any article, the more indiſferently you are ſerved, and the more you are curtailed in weight and meaſure: This applies to workmen—the higher the wages, the leſs they will do in a day. I am convinced that it would have been impoſſible for any perſon to have contracted for the labour of the frigate United States, for a leſs ſum than what it coſt, for ſo compleat a ſhip, without being a ſufferer. I am, very reſpectfully, JOSHUA HUMPHREYS, *Conſtructor of the United States Navy.* *The Hon. Secretary of War.*