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The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Baltimore, March 15, 1847. 

 Gentlemen : We propose to cut and dress all the fine Avork mouldings, 

 &c., for the Smithsonian Institution, at ($3) three dollars per cubic foot. 

 We will also build all the stone-masonry at $2 per perch, mason measure- 

 ment, except the concrete under the foundations, which is not embraced 

 m this proposal. 



Respectfully submitted. 



SUMWALS, GREEN & CO. 

 Hon. RoET. Dale Owen, 

 Wm. J. Hough, 



W. W. S EATON, 



Commiltee. 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Washington, March 15, 1847. 



Gentlemen: I propose to build and construct the items of the Smith- 

 sonian institution, herein contained, in a workmanlike manner, agreeably 

 to the plans and specifications of the architect, for the following aggregate 

 sum, VIZ : Digging foundations, concrete, rough stone in foundation be- 

 low the superstructure, setting the rubble-facmg, and cut-stone work of 

 all parts of the building, and back-filling the same; sess-pools and flag- 

 ging for the foundations of partition walls — furnishing all the materiaLs, 

 except the rubble-facing and cut stone— for the sum of thirty-six thousand 

 two hundred and fifty dollars. 



Note. — The material for scaffolding, the brick and brick work, and the 

 north room flagging, are not included in the above. If I furnish the iron 

 cramps, dowels and anchors, the price v/ill be six cents per pound. In 

 case range work is adopted instead of the rubble-facing, one thousand 

 dollars will be deducted from the above. 



I refer you to the following gentlemen: Chas. B. Fisk, esq., chief en- 

 gineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal; A. B. McFarlan, esq., Robert 

 Brown, and Andrew Small, esq., of Washington city. 1 name for my 

 bondsmen Mr. Jno. Higham, of Baltimore, and Andrew Small, esq., of 

 Washington city. 



JAMES MACPHERSON. 



To the Building Committee 



of the Smithsonian Institutiov . 



The chairman laid before the committee the following letter : 



Washington, March 15, 1847. 

 Gentlemen : I do hereby agree to furnish all the materials and per- 

 form tlie brick work of the building, according to the plan and specifica- 

 tion agreed upon by the Regents of the said institution, for the sum of 

 twenty thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, (.!Ui20,350.) 



Or, I will furnish and lay one million of hard bricks for the sum of 

 fifteen thousand dollars, ($15,0U0..) 

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