we the Subscribers Joyntly & Sevirly agree with Wm Hacket to buld or Cause to be Bult in Mr John Hackets yard the one half of a Vessell of fifty five feet Keel twenty two feet beam & nine [feet] 4 Inches or 9 feet hold four feet Wast Stringd & gunwald a risen on Deck as high as the bottom of the Ports a Short quarter Deck -all above the Deck to be Done in a warlike maner, as sd Hacket Shall Direct or Layout, & the Whole to be Done in a workemanlike maner to a Kleet at or before the fiftenth Day of may Next

In Consideration for which the sd Hacket agrees to give the subscribers thirteen Shillings & Four Pence Lawfull money pr Ton for buldind ½ sd Vessell one half Soon after begining sd Vessell the other half when She is Completed & the sd Hacket is to find or Cause to be found Good Stuff to buld Sd vessell in Season ー Draft & mould her find Masts Clear Chips Stop worm hols Caulk & Lanch sd Vessell to Give a treet att Ra[i]sen Gitting up of £ram~ & Carving in beams & no More Except he Chuses it

to the faith full Performance of Which we bind our Selves Each to the other in the Sum of one hundred Pounds in witness hereunto have Set our hands & Seals this Fifth Day of March 1776 in Salsburyー