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ties. I shall be pleased to have a call before engagements be entered into, 

 for the purpose of inspection. 



Respectfully, 



CHARLES VINSON, 



Near Seneca Mills. 

 To the Contractor 



on the Smithsonian lastitntion. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Washington, March 15, 1S47. 



Gentlemen : I will furnish bricks, lime, cement, and sand, and lay 

 the same, for fourteen dollars and seve\nty-five cents per thousand. The 

 materials shall be of the best quality, and the workmanship done in the 

 best manner ; and will give for securities for the peformance of the same, 

 John C. Rives and Wm. H. Gunnell, esquires. 



Yours, &c., 



ZEPHANIAH JONES. 

 To the Building Committee 



of the Smithsonian Institution. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter: 



Washington City, March 15, 1S47. 



I hereby propose to furnish the material and lay one million bricks, ac- 

 cording to plan and specification, for the sum of eleven thousand five 

 hundred dollars. 



Yours, very respectfully, 



J. KAY. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Washington, March 15, 1847. 



Gentlemen : The undersigned proposes to furnish and lay all the 

 bricks that may be required about the Smithsonian Institution, to wit: 



In the walls, per thousand, measured, nine dollars and sixty-two and a 

 half cents. 



Or, per cubic foot, fourteen and the fourth of a cent. 



All the bricks to be hard ; lime of the best Potomac stone ; sand clean 

 and sharp. 



If these amounts satisfy the honorable committee and the architect, 

 then it is time, I hope, (in my opinion,) to furnish a security, or retain a 

 per centage on a certain amount of money, for the faithful compliance 

 with this bid. 



Yours, with respect, 



THOMAS LE^VIS. 



To the Building Committee 



of the Smithsonian Institvtioji. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter: 



