For the Frigates building in Philadelphia the following Boards &care employed Four Commissioners to Superintend & direct the whole business.

A Committee of Four to inspect, examine & Correct all the Accounts relative to this business & return them with Certificates or remarks to the Commissioners who order payment of such as said Committee pass as being right & just

a Committee of Four, to buy & provide all Timber, Plank & Trenails wanted for these Ships, to keep a general Acct of all they buy & a particular Acct of what they deliver to each Ship, to return their Contracts and Accounts to the Committee of Accts for examination &c

a Committee of Four to buy & provide all Hemp, Cordage, Canvass, & Stores &c necessary for the Ships keeping a general Acct of their whole purchase & a particular Account of what is assigned for the use of each Ship ー

a Treasurer to receive the Money assigned him by the Marine Committee & to pay the orders of the Commissioners ー

No pay Stipulated with any of the above Boards, it must be proportiond to their trouble & expences, and submitted to Congress, or the Marine Committee, some of them will not ask any pay, others cannot afford their time & trouble without pay

a Superintendant & Clerk to each Ship Yard, to keep an exact Account of the time all persons Work or are employed in this Service, of all Materials expended to procure all things Wanted from Trades men & keep Account thereof. The Master Carpenters have 10/ p day Journey Men Carpenters 7/ p day. Labourers 3/6 to 5/ as they deserve. Superint[e]nd[ent]s 24 Dollrs p Month Clerk £8 p Month each Board or Committee is allowed a Clerk