Plimpton Manufacturing Company awarded the federal contract for stamped envelopes

1. At some point between September 18, 1874, and today, both Wilbur R. Ladd and Gill & Hayes withdrew their bids. This action had been anticipated on September 21, 1874, when A. D. Hazen was in Springfield, MA.
2. Similarly, at some point between September 18, 1874, and today, Marshall Jewell declined to consider the bid submitted by Morgan Envelope Company because it was unsigned.

According to the Courant, Jewell had rejected “several lower bidders” because they had “declin[ed] to comply with the terms of the advertisement.”

1. On September 25, 1874, the Courant will report that the Springfield Republican had reported that the Morgan Envelope Company would have a half interest in this contract for stamped envelopes.
2. The US post office department will receive the executed contract and bond from the Plimpton Manufacturing Company on October 3, 1874.

“If [Morgan Envelope Company’s] bid had been signed the contract would probably have been assigned to them as the third lowest bidders.”

E. W. Barber was the third assistant postmaster general.

Unattributed.  “Brief mention,” Hartford Daily Courant, September 25, 1874, page 2.

Unattributed.  “Postal matters,” Hartford Daily Courant, September 24, 1874, page 3.

Unattributed.  “The stamped envelope contract,” Hartford Daily Courant, October 6, 1874, page 2.

Unattributed.  “The stamped envelopes contract,” Hartford Daily Courant, September 24, 1874, page 2.