Statement of Cash expended in Salary or Wages on the Frigate Constitution at Boston from the beginning to the 3 day of February 1798 | Carpenters and Labourers | Joiners | [undecipherable] &c | [undecipherable] | Sawyers | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] makers | Mast makers | Black smiths for Attendance | [undecipherable] | Block makers &c | Sail makers &c | [undecipherable] for 2 thirds | [undecipherable] &c | Dollars and Cents | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | $109.63 | 80400.27 | [undecipherable] | 5233.89 | 671.10 | [undecipherable] | 1817.91 | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | 957.1 | 16313.29 | 107054.23 | | | | Remarks 1^st the amount of Carpenters included preparing the foundation for laying the keel; the [undecipherable] platforms for launching the Ship; cutting a store shed; scaffolds & platforms for housing the mast [undecipherable]; enclosing live oak, plank &c; placing &c lumber &c; &c &c The amount paid for [undecipherable] allotted to the workmen & labourers as part of their Compensation, is included in the above & proportioned to each respective branch — The Labourers under the head of Ship Carpenter have been applied to all the different branches as occasion required — Boston [undecipherable] 1798 [undecipherable] Naval [undecipherable]