To Thomas Jefferson from Navy Department, 8 January 1808

[on or before 8 Jan. 1808]

Gun boats under the last Law.

Building Materials provided before the passage of the Law.	{	New York	20	+
		Philaa.	20	ø
		Balte.	10	₶
		Norfolk	10	₶
		Wilmington N.C.	3	#
		Charleston	10	#	73
Contracted for		at Portland	10	ø
		at New York	3	+	13
Proposed build.		at Salem Beverley &c.	12	ø
		at Portsmouth N.H.	4	ø
		at Newbury Port	3	ø
		in Connecticut with Van deurcer & others	8	ø
		in Rhode Island with Cross & others	8	ø
		at Havre de Grace Md	1	ø
		St. Michael’s E. S. Md	4	ø
		in Virga. with Patterson & Tabb	4	₶
		in North Carolina—at Edenton & Ocracock	5	#
		In Georgia	5	#
		At the Navy Yard here	10	ø	64
					150

to be built in	Philadelphia	20.
	Charleston	10
	Wilmington N.C.	3

		feet	in.
+	length between perpendiculars	47.	4
	breadth of beam	18.	—
	depth of hold	5.	6.

ø	length between perpendiculars	50.
	breadth of beam	17.
	depth of hold	4.	6

₶	length between perpendiculars	55.
	breadth of beam	16
	depth of hold	5.	1

#	length of keel between perped.	60.
	breadth of beam	16.	6
	depth of hold	6.	6

23 +	will draw 4 feet 2 to 4 inches—
80 ø	will draw —4— 6—to 9—
24 ₶	will draw not exceeding 4—2
23 #	will draw 5 feet 6 in.—
150—

each of these boats can carry one long 24 or 32 pd iron cannon.

DLC.

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