[m^r Nicholson] Sir, War Office, 21^st April 1798. Your Letters of the 15^th Current, have been received. I have no Objection to the Cannonades being cast for your Ship on the Plan proposed. M^r Revere will accordingly prepare them with all convenient Dispatch. — It should be understood that the Cannonades must undergo the usual Proofs and Examinations and will not be received if their Defects should be greater than usually tolerated. You will be pleased to select proper Characters for Boatswain, Gunner, Carpenter, Sailmaker and Midshipmen, and report their Names that I may be enabled to lay them before the President. The Medicine Chest for your Ship, and a complete Sett of Instruments are preparing and will be sent on as soon as possible.