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110,000 feet of nibble facing, 1 foot thick, at 30 cents per foot, 

 measured in the wall - - - - - 30 cents. 



20,000 cubic feet dimension do. do., for cutting,' at 98 cents 



per cubic foot - - - - - - 9S "^ 



Delivered in the chj of Washington. 



Very respectfully, 



A. R. Raymond, bondsman. 



Hon. Robert Dale Owen, 

 William J. Hough, 

 W. W. Seaton, 



Building Comniittee. 



JOHiN B. Gl.OYER. 



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Laid on the table. 



The cbairman laid before the committee the following letter, making 

 proposals to furnish marble from JMassaehusetts: 



West STOCKBRiDCiE. 



Dear Sir: I understand from Mr. Hooker, of New York, that your 

 plan has been adopted for the Smitlisonian Institution, and that you are 

 receiving proposals for marble for buttresses, blocks, caps, coping, and or- 

 namental bands. I submit the following proposition for your considera- 

 tion : 



I propose to furnish you blocks of marble, for all sizes under 4,000 lbs. 

 weight, for eighty cents per cubic foot, trimmed near the size, and delivered 

 at Washington. 



I have not the plan before me. Mr. Hooker states that there will be 

 from twenty-five to thirty thousand feet of said stone; if that is the quan- 

 tity, I will pledge myself to furnish it in two years from the date of 

 contract, or comply with your terms in regard to time. 



Yours, (!cc., 



MILO M. PARRISH. 



^urctij — Thomas Milligan, Wm. Milligan, Gilbert Milligan. 

 Mr. Renwick, Architect. 



N. B. — Furthermore, I think that it would be advisable to try Stock- 

 bridge marble; it can be worked for some six cents cheaper than any other 

 marble in this country. 



Mr. Thomas Milligan was one of the firm of Leonard and Milligan, who 

 had a contract on the water- works at Dob's ferry. 



Laid on the table. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter, making 

 proposals to furnish lumber, from Philadelphia: 



Philadelphia, March 9, 1847. 



Gentlemen: I do hereby propose to deliver all the lumber required in 

 the erection of the Smithsonian Institution, including hemlock, white 

 pine, yellow pine, (including the flooring,) for the sum of twenty-six 



