Discusses the procedure of using salt water and dry salt to preserve ship timbers. Arrival of copper expected shortly. Discussion on the sending of the wrong sized copper bolts. Sever's pay will be remitted without delay.
Letter to the accountant at the Treasury Department regarding the account and vouchers of Lieutenant Nanning Vischer, late paymaster of the 3d Sub Legion. Requests a copy of the receipt.
Memorandum of sundries delivered at the yard before the 20th December 1794 as received by the constructor of the Frigate building in Portsmouth New Hampshire received and entered May 20th, 1795.
Lincoln discusses the current compensation of the keepers of lighthouses in Massachusetts and notes that the keepers of Nantucket and Plumb Island must be covered by an earlier presidential decree.
Simmons certifies that the sum of $89.90 is due Richard Stephens for supplies furnished a detachment of Kentucky Militia under the command of Ensign Luke Colvin for the protection of Nelson County.
Pickering informs the constructors that if any ideas suggested by Joshua Humphreys appear erroneous, then they should inform the Secretary of War with the reason for the contrary opinion. If there are no objections, then Humphreys' ideas are expected to stand. Discusses the idea of preserving beams and its practicality only when a single piece comprises a beam.
Presidential consideration of letter from James Smiley yields opinion that scouts should be paid by paymaster. Mr. Howell's answer to Mr. Smiley was improper.
The articles to be issued from the public stores for the frigate building at Philadelphia are so numerous that it will cause inconvenience and a loss of time for the Constructor to apply to the War Office for each order. Hodgdon is therefore directed to deliver the articles immediately on the order of Mr. Humphreys, the Constructor.
The hauling of the residue may be postponed. Mr. Humphreys will take them to his shed at the ship yard and have them dressed by his hands on rainy days. If dressed, they have to be stored.
Simmons certifies that the sum of $73.04 is due Doctor John C. Wallace, Surgeon's Mate, for his subsistence from September 1, 1792 to December 31, 1793.
