[(296)] property, that under your charge, and see that it to be properly protected from thefts by enclosures or otherwise — I shall at future opportunities give you such further directions as the Nature of the Service may require — [Left margin: Hept James Crawford & Donaldson] War Department 25^th April 98 Gen^l. Should your convenience admit, you are requested to examine the Ship Ganges and report her age, the exact State of her Hull, Masts & yards, Rigging, Sails and every other particulars by which a judgment can be formed of her value; also the number of Guns she can carry and your opinion as to her fitness for a vessel of war — you will also State the alterations, repairs, and articles, which she will require to fit her for Sea. The Time in which She can be so fitted and an Es- timate of the Expense — I am Gen^l &c— [Left margin: Hept J.J. Brooke Baltimore] War Department April 7^th 1798 Gen^l. Mr. Isaac Garreton late chief of the Navy yard at Baltimore having been appointed by the Presi- dent of the United States, purser of the Frigate Con- stellation, and as the preservation of the materials and Stores deposited there is of great consequence to the United States, I have therefore to request that you will be pleased to employ a person of good Character, fitted to be entrusted with the public Jac—