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to 3,000 lbs., 65 cents ; and from 3,000 to 4,000 lbs., 72 cents per cubic 

 foot. 



We name M. S. and J. T. for our security. 

 Respectfully, 



GRISCOM <fc BORROUGH. 

 To the Building Committee 



of the ISuiUlisonian Instittition. 



P. S. — We should like to furnish the lime for the building, also, and 

 would deliver it at a reasonable price. 



G. & B. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Baltimore, March 15, 1847. 



We will agree to deliver to the committee crystallized marble in blocks^ 

 ior rubble work^ weighing from 100 to 300 lbs. each, on the car at the quar- 

 ry, at f 2 for 3,01)0 lbs., this amount to be considered equal to a perch of 

 sione ; and should the range work be adopted, with 8 to 10-inch bed, 

 then we will agree to deliver stone at 49 cents per superficial foot at the 

 huiiditig ; and for dimension-stone ^ not exceeding 1,000 lbs., 50 cents per 

 cubic foot; and from 1,000 to 2,000 lbs., 53 cents ; 2,000 to 3,000 lbs., 55 

 cents; and all other stone, from 3,000 to 5,0U0 lbs., 60 cents. And we 

 would also wish to contract for the lime, and name for our securities C. 

 C. A. and J. S. S. 



Very respectfully, 



FELL & ROBINSON. 



To the Committee 



of the Smithsonian Institution. 



i 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter: 



Washington, March 15, 1847. 

 I propose to sell to the building committee of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution the right to quarry such stone as they or their agent may select in 

 my quarry, at the rate of fifty cents per perch. My quarry is situate im- 

 mediately upon the Baltimore and Susquehanna railroad. 



The stone can be placed upon the cars from the quarry with very little 

 labor. The distance from Baltimore per railroad is 15 miles. 



E.J.COOPER, 

 79 South High Street ^ Baltimore. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter: 



Baltimore, March 15, 1S47. 



Gentlemen: We propose to furnish from the Fox Rock granite 

 and Waterville quarries, in Baltimore county, stone for building the 

 Smithsonian Insutution, of the same color and quality as that used in tue 

 rear of the General Post Office, at the following prices : 



The rough rubble stone, delivered at the depot in Washington city, at 

 16 cents per foot. 



