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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 [???] with all the [?] [?]
how made fast on set up. in the first I begin to give you a description of the
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 [???] Supposing 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.

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

[???] The litesail haliards consist of the [???] namely The Tye Runner and Tackle,
The tye [???] through a [???] hole at to mast head and is then carried down and bent out to the
yard. The other end is [???] a block through which the runner [???] The runner
often [???] through that block is arried down into the top and here made
fast. The other end of the runner is a double block and [???] through the [???]other block [???]
into the sail, and then carried up again and [???] 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 [???] 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 [???] though the [???]
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 [???] through the [???] cleat
under the topmost crossheet which is made fast around the mast. It is then [???] 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
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 [???] Supposing 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.

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

[???] The litesail haliards consist of the [???] namely The Tye Runner and Tackle,
The tye [???] through a [???] hole at to mast head and is then carried down and bent out to the
yard. The other end is [???] a block through which the runner [???] The runner
often [???] through that block is arried down into the top and here made
fast. The other end of the runner is a double block and [???] through the [???]other block [???]
into the sail, and then carried up again and [???] 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 [???] 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 oft and [???] though the [???]
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 [???] through the [???] cleat
under the top cross[???] whicch is masde fast around the mast. It is then [???] through the jewel block
on the end of the foreyard and carried down and bent onthe yard.
Theother end is made fast on deck.