The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume II

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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY

Commissions

4 000.00

$99 650.00

The above Steam Vessel is to be built of as good materials and furnished in .the same style as the other Steam Boat Estimated for & all articles in proportion. New York. January 25th. 1839.

·[Endorsed] No. 8 Estimate for a Steam Vessel $99,650.

Construction of a Steam Vessel of ·war of the following Dimen- tions, description,_ & Materials.

Length on deck 170 feet 7 Breadth of Beam 30 '' ~ Depth of Hold 12 '' j All the Frame except floor Live Oak, Locust & Cedar

To measure about 570 Tons as a Single Deck. Timber & futtocks to be

Dimentions.

Materials

Floor Timbers, Keelpieces, center Keelsons Clamps, Strings, wales, Bottom plank Plankshire [Planksheer]. & ceiling to be white oak. Knees white oak. Side Keelsons & deck plank to be Yellow or white pine. and all the other Materials to be such as are used in the Navy of the U. States. 'l'o be of the most _improved modle To be Copper fastened & Coppered to deep loaded Line To have a Berth deck ' To have a Gun deck To have a Spar deck 70 feet To have inclined planes to protect the Engines. To have Bulwarks all round to include the wheel Houses & to be 5 feet high forward & aft To have the Frame timbers extend up as high as the upper or Spar deck & to the Top of the Wheel House & as far forward & aft as to Cover the Engine. To have 2 ports forward & 2 aft for a Shifting Gun To have a long pivot Gun aft -24- To have a long pivot Gun ford. -2-:f:.- 'f'o have shot Lockers forwd. & aft. To have Cable Ditts, ring- bolt!'l & deck bolts. To have a J\fagazine lined with Copper To have Light Room & fixtures to Magazine. To have Store Rooms & Provisions RoQms. To have buklheads for Coal Rooms &c The Berth deck to be furnished in a proper manner for the Captain, Officers & Crew. Chain Lockers

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