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To Capt A.B. Pinkham
June 11th 1830

Sir having read your order of the 9th in pursuance to your order, I give you the following
description of the running rigging that is where it reeves with all the lift braces
how made fast or set up. In the first I begin to give you a description of the
[Roayl Hal crossed out]Fly gibb Halliards. The end is carried up and rove through a block under the
Top [Mast??] tack and carried down and bent on to the head of the sail. The other end is made fast
on deck.

Gibb halliards) Supposing the coil to lay on deck I take one end and carry it up and secure it through a block under the topmast crosstrees and from there carried down and rove through a block on the head of the sail and back again and make it fast to the cor of the
Topmost stay. The other end is made fast on deck.

Royal haliards One end is taken up and rove through a [shieve??] hole at the Royal mast head
and bent on the yard. The other end is rove through a block made fast on the sail
and then carried up and rove through a block turned into the haliards and down on deck again.
(Top mast Haliards) One end is taken up and rove through a shive hole at the mast head
and made fast on the yard. The other end is rove through a block hooked on the sail and
then carried up and rove through a block turned into the haliard and down again
on deck.

The topsail haliards consist of these parts namely The Tye Runner and Tackle,
The tye reeves through a shive hole at to mast head and is then carried down and bent out to the
yard. The other end is siezed to a block through which the runner reeves, The runner
after reeveing through that block is carried down into the top and here made
fast. The other end of the runner is a double block through which the Tackle Fall reeves after
reeving through the [???] block it it carried down and rove though the other block [???]
into the sail, and then carried up again and rove through the upper block and down again made
fast to the single block. The other end is made fast on deck.

Top Gt [Gallant]Mast Studding sail haliards. One end is taken up and rove through a block at the forward
part of the top gallant tack, and down through the jewel block on the end of the
topmost yard and then carried down and bent on the yard. The other end is made
fast on deck.

Topmast] Studding Sail One end is taken through the loft and rove though the [BULLOCK]
block down under the formast through the jewel block on the end of the topsail jewel and from there
through let down on deck and mast fast on the yard. The other end is made
fast on deck.

Lowest Studding Sail The end is taken at and rove through the [???]
under the topmost crossheet which is made fast around the mast. It is then rove through the jewel block
on the end of the foreyard and carried down and bent on the yard.
The other end is made fast on deck.

To Capt A.B. Pinkham
June 11th 1830

Sir having read your order of the 9th in pursuance to your order, I give you the following
description of the running rigging that is where it [???] with all the [???] [???]
how made fast on set up. In the first I begin to give you a description of the
[HAIL]Fly gibb [???]. The end is carried up and rove through a block under the
Top [???] tack and carried down and bent on to the head of the sail. The other end is made fast
on deck.

Gibb [???][???] the coil to lay on deck I take one end and carry it up and secure it through a block under the topmast [???] and from there [???] down and [?] through a block on the head of the sail and back again and make it fast to the [???] of the
Topmost stay. The other end is made fast on deck.

Royal [HALIANCY] One end is taken up and rove through a [???] hole as the Royal [MASTHEAD]
and bent on the yard. The other end is rove through a block made fast on the sail
and then carried up and rove through a block turned into the halincy and down on deck again.
(Top aft Haliancy) One end is taken up and rove through a shive hole at the mast head
and made fast on the yard. The other end is rove through a block hooked on the sail and
then carried up and rove through a block turned into the haliancy and down again
on deck.

The litsail haliards consist of these parts namely The Tye Runner and Tackle,
The tye reeves through a shive hole at to mast head and is then carried down and bent out to the
yard. The other end is [???] to a block through which the runner reeves, The runner
after reeveing through that block is carried down into the top and here made
fast. The other end of the runner is a double block through which the Tackle Fall reeves after
reeving through the [???] block it it carried down and rove though the other block [???]
into the sail, and then carried up again and rove through the upper block and down again made
fast to the single block. The other end is made fast on deck.

[???] Studding sail haliards. One end is taken up and rove through a block at the forward
part of the top gallar tack, and down through the jewel block on the end of the
topmost yard and then carried down and bent on the yard. The other end is made
fast on deck.

Topmost Studding Sail One end is taken through the loft and rove though the [BULLOCK]
block down under the formast through the jewel block on the end of the topsail jewel and from there
through let down on deck and mast fast on the yard. The other end is made
fast on deck.

Lowest Studding Sail The end is taken at and rove through the [???]
under the topmost crossheet which is made fast around the mast. It is then rove through the jewel block
on the end of the foreyard and carried down and bent on the yard.
The other end is made fast on deck.