A. D. Hazen arrived in Springfield, MA, from Washington, DC.

09/21/1874 |

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A. D. Hazen arrived in Springfield, MA, on a trip to inspect the manufacturing capabilities of bidders on the stamped envelope contract with the US post office department.

And then there's this

The article reported that W. R. Ladd and Gill & Hayes, the lowest bidders, were likely to withdraw their bids and that the bid from Morgan Envelope Company, which was the next lowest bid, would be rejected because it was unsigned.
The contract, then, would go to Plimpton Manufacturing Company, the next lowest bidder.
The Courant considered it likely that the contract will be awarded tomorrow.

Trust but verify

The information on Hazen’s visit came from a September 21, 1874 article in the Springfield Union that the Courant quoted from on September 22, 1874.
There was no information on which, if any, of the manufacturers Hazen visited.
Hazen’s tour would take him to the bidders in the Connecticut Valley, of which there were four:

W. R. Ladd of Holyoke, MA
Gill & Hayes of Springfield, MA
Morgan Envelope Company of Springfield, MA
Plimpton Manufacturing Company of Hartford, CT

The other three bidders were from New York.

There’s no information on whether Hazen stopped in Hartford along his way to or from Springfield.

On September 18, 1874, Marshall Jewell had read the bid from the Morgan Envelope Company and left whether to reject it as unsigned for later consideration, actions that elicited protests from two of the bidders.

The future foretold

On September 23, 1874, the Plimpton Manufacturing Company will receive word that it had been awarded the contract.

For the record

A. D. Hazen was the “chief of the stamp division” at the US post office department.

Sources

Unattributed. “Envelope contracts,” Hartford Daily Courant, September 21, 1874, page 2.

Unattributed. “The stamped envelope contract,” Hartford Daily Courant, September 22, 1874, page 2.

Linus B. Plimpton

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