Sir

we Should have wore¹ You before but have been oblig^d to Make another Journey into the Countery to secure the Stuff² which was Nessasary for the Building the Ship³ haveing been Disappointed of Some which we Expected to have had have now Inga[g]'d as we aprehe[n]d Suffisiont 

about thirty Good hands will be Do⁴ be had in A few Days but as Yet Can^t make any other Terms with them than what others Give and so as they Can Live by and they say they Desire no more 

with these men we think the Ship May be Launch^d by the first of October and Perhaps something sooner 

as to any Proposals for our servises we cannot think of any other way (in this Fluctuateing State of things) than th[is] viz that we will Purchase and ag[ree] for Every thing which You Choos [torn] Should as to the Hull on the Best terms we Can Manage Building the Ship Take the whole Care Agree and Look after all the tradesmen Setle all accts Pay all Bills You Furnishing us with Money and allow us ten ⅌ Cent which we think is as Little as we can do it for—or if You Can think of any other Method to Give us A Reasonable Reward for our servises we Shall be willing to do it it will be Nessasory to Know the Dimentions soon and that the Stuff be Got up into the Yard which now lays afloat—Some Ropes will be Nessasory to secure it for the Present which Pleas'd to send ⅌ the First opertunity we are [&c.]