[Copy of Indent for Stores for 44 Gun [undecipherable] from U.S. Navy Dept 1798] Estimate of Building, Rigging and Equipping three Ships of War to carry 22, 20 and 16 Guns together with cost of Manning and Victualling the same for 12 Months | | Ship of 22 Guns | Ship of 20 Guns | Ship of 16 Guns | |--|--|--|--| | The Ship of 22 Guns may be built for 35 D^ls p^r Ton Ship of 22 Guns 35½ and the Ship of 16 Guns at 36 D^ls | 17,010 | 14,910 | 9,710 | | Smiths Bill Iron and working including hand work &c | 6,000 | 5,000 | 3,000 | | Anchors | 447 | 340 | 640 | | Cence and Pair tar | 1,500 | 1,400 | 1,000 | | Boats | 400 | 400 | 300 | | Plumbers Bill and Lead | 1,000 | 200 | 600 | | Carve work (if any) | 300 | 250 | 200 | | Coopers Bill | 200 | 600 | 450 | | Blockmasters Bill | 1,000 | 750 | 550 | | Sail makers Bill and Canvass | 4,200 | 3,500 | 2,730 | | Cables Rigging and Cordage | 9,000 | 7,275 | 4,000 | | Sewing Rigging and completely Rigging the Ship | 1,200 | 1,000 | 750 | | Dip Chandlery | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,500 | | Copper Sheathing Nails and Rudder Braces | 6,000 | 5,300 | 3,000 | | Pauldridge | 1,600 | 1,400 | 1,200 | | Caboose and Cooking Utensils | 900 | 300 | 500 | | Medicines Surgeons Instruments Medicine Chests &c | 600 | 500 | 700 | | Boats Oars, Masts & Ships Swaps [undecipherable] Carpenter [undecipherable] } | | | | | Spare boats and Oars &c } | 200 | 200 | 100 | | Rigging and Pump Lathes | 150 | 150 | 170 | | Carpenters bill for Cabin and [undecipherable] | 100 | 75 | 50 | | Rum | 200 | 120 | 160 | | Boards and Planks for Cabin Store & Tonnage | 200 | 180 | 160 | | Flannel for the Sheathing | 400 | 300 | 200 | | Labour in putting on Sheathing | 200 | 180 | 130 | | Charcoal and [undecipherable] | 400 | 300 | 200 | | Caulking Butts Lining and Caulk her | 300 | 250 | 150 | | Carpenters and Boatswains Stores &c | 1,100 | 1,000 | 800 | | Parcelling Twine and Lines | 200 | 180 | 100 | | Pintals Corbets and Boves &c | 100 | 90 | 80 | Carried Over (C) D$ 52,137 | 50,610 | 32,820 --- Estimate continued | | Ship of 22 Guns | Ship of 20 Guns | Ship of 16 Guns | |--|--|--|--| | Amount brought forward | 38,137 | 30,610 | 32,820 | | Common day labour | 1,000 | 900 | 750 | | Transferring Stores &c | 1,000 | 1,000 | 800 | | Coffee boiler in addition to the price } of iron furnished the Shipyard coffee [undecipherable] } | 3,000 | 3,000 | 1,800 | | Naval Stores | 697 | 600 | 300 | | (C) Dolls | 44,534 | 36,110 | 36,670 | Contingencies | | Ship of 22 Guns | Ship of 20 Guns | Ship of 16 Guns | |--|--|--|--| | Injuries [?] Stores | 2,000 | 1,800 | 1,000 | | Expenditure of Powder and Shot | 300 | 450 | 300 | | Pilotage | 150 | 130 | 100 | | Advance for Slops | 2,400 | 2,100 | 1,370 | | Bounty for Seamen &c | 322 | 295 | 109 | | Recruiting Service | 700 | 600 | 400 | | Printing Purchasing Books &c similar | 500 | 500 | 400 | | Tables Chairs and Cabin Furniture | 200 | 200 | 100 | | Vinegar Sour Brout and other necessary } refreshments for the Crew } | 300 | 300 | 200 | | Fishing Lines Leads Nets &c | 100 | 100 | 100 | | Superintending Commission &c and } Clerk hire } | 2,000 | 1,800 | 1,000 | | Candles and Lamp Oil | 384 | 360 | 228 | | (C) Dolls | 4,556 | 8,635 | 5,307 | --- Military Stores | | Ship of 22 Guns | Ship of 20 Guns | Ship of 16 Guns | |--|--|--|--| | Guns nine pounders [&] six pounders | 2,660 | 2,391 | 1,330— | | Gun Carriages | 792 | 720 | 480— | | Round Shot | 144.37 | 168.11 | 157.12 | | Grape ditto | 317.8 | 290.90 | 167.? | | Cartridges | 204 | 142 | 140 | | Tubes | 100 | 90 | 40 | | Cartridge Boxes | 15 | 15 | 10 | | Priming horns | 20.10 | 20.10 | 13.40 | | Slow Match | 25 | 25 | 15 | | Flint Fires [?] Flocks and Lint Flocks | 35 | 33.20 | 26.80 | | Powder | 2,640 | 2,400 | 12.80 | | Muskets and Bayonets (Compleat) | 636.50 | 636.50 | 333.75 | | Pistols | 250 | 250 | 120 | | Cutlasses | 400 | 400 | 240 | | Boarding Pikes | 100 | 100 | 600 | | Cartouche Boxes | 50.25 | 50.25 | 24.79 | | Breeches Boxes and Screw drivers | 10 | 10 | 5 | | Flints | 30 | 30 | 15— | | Musket and Pistol Cartridges | 112.50 | 112.50 | 60 | | Cartridge Paper | 25 | 25 | 15 | | Drums and Fifes | 17.54 | 17.31 | 8.67 | | [undecipherable] | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2.1 | | Sundries | | | | | | 8,950.90 | 8,201.95 | 4,613.16 | | Marine Clothing &c (omitted) | 625 | 625 | 375— | | (C) D$ | 9,583.46 | 8,826.95 | 4,988.16 | --- Pay and Subsistance of the Officers and Crews of Three Ships of War to carry 22, 20 and 16 Guns for 12 Months | Description of Officers | Ship of 22 Guns No. | [rate] | [No.] | [total] | Ship of 20 Guns No. | [rate] | [No.] | [total] | Ship of 16 Guns No. | [rate] | [No.] | [total] | |--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--| | Commander | 1 | 75 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 75 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 66 | 6 | 60 | 6 | | Lieutenants | 2 | 40 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 40 | 3 | | Lieutenants of Marines | 1 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 2 | | | | | | | Surgeon | 1 | 50 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 50 | 2 | | | | | | Surgeons Mate | 1 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 30 | 2 | | Purser | 1 | 40 | 2 | 40 | 2 | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | | Sailing Master | 1 | 40 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 40 | 2 | | Master Matts | 2 | 20 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 40 | 2 | | Captains Clerk | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | " | " | " | " | | Midshipmen | 2 | 19 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 38 | 2 | | Boatswain | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | | Gunner | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | | Gunner [?] | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | | Cook | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | | Steward | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | | Cooper | 1 | 17½ | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | " | " | " | " | | Boatswains Mates | 1 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 2 | | Gunners Mate | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | | Carpenters [Mate] | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | | Master of Arms | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | " | " | " | " | | Corporal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Water Gunners | 5 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 68 | 4 | | Armourers | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | [undecipherable] | | Able Seamen | 40 | 14 | 1 | 40 | 70 | 64 | 15 | 1 | [undecipherable] | 46 | 15 | 1 | 690 | 40 | | Ordinary Seamen | 33 | 10 | 1 | 330 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 370 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 130 | 18 | | Marines Sergeant | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | [undecipherable] | | Marines Corporal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | | Marines Musicians | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 | | Marines Privates | 21 | 6 | 1 | 126 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 126 | 21 | [undecipherable] | 6 | 1 | 66 | 1 | | Total pay per month | D$ [undecipherable] 3453 | | 3172 | | 1875 | | Rations p^r day @ 22 Cents | 177 | | 167 | | 107 | --- Recapitulation | | Ship of 22 Guns | Ship of 20 Guns | Ship of 16 Guns | |--|--|--|--| | Ships will cost | 64,359— | 36,110 | 36,670 | | Contingencies | 4,556 | 8,635 | 3,307 | | Military Stores | 9,583,96 | 8,826,45 | 4,988,16 | | Pay and Subsistance | 47,525,40 | 43,167,40 | 27,471,40 | | Total Cost Dolls | 131,024,36 | 116,739,35 | 74,436,56 | 27^th March 179[undecipherable] Thomas Thompson Josiah Fox