Return of articles wanted for the frigate "Constitution" lying in the Patapsco [River], showing the quantity of each now in the Store at Philadelphia and those that are deficient.
A thousand gun stocks have been received by Captain Fleming. Before work is done on any of them it will be necessary to determine the price of those fit for stocking military guns. In 1793 Cranch was charged twenty cents each for 1284 stocks. Bayonets and ramrods should be sent on so that they can be fitted to the guns as soon as they are stocked or repaired.
Simmons informs Whittlecey that a disbursement to Capt. Edward Miller has been rejected as improper. The payment was in reference to expenditures made apprehending a deserter.
Certification that $118.78 is due a detachment of recruits at New Brunswick, New Jersey under the command of Ensign William R. Boote, being his and their pay for February 1798.
Certification that $274.27 is due a detachment of recruits at the rendezvous at Middletown, Connecticut, under the command of Captain Edward Miller, being the pay of himself, Ensign Samuel Parmele, and the non-commissioned officers and privates for February 1798.
