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Col Arthur Sir I Respectfully submit my Bid for the Painting of the Academy for your consideration I propose do the works according to the Specifications in good and workmanlike manner for the sum of five ($555.00) hundred & fifty five dollars [[2 Columned table]] --- | ---- 3800 (Square) feet Plain Surface 3 Coats | $125.00 39 Sills Venetian Blinds | 80.00 42 Window Sills sanded | 15.00 30 large windows grained outside some suitable color | 150.00 12 Small windows | 36.00 26 Doors & frames grained | 104.00 10 Squares wainscoting | 45.00 | ------ | $555.00 For which I give Bond in double the am't for the faithful performance and carrying out of above proposition Sept 12th 1868 Frank O'Brien [[stamped]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamped]]
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