The Courant reported details on how the Plimpton Manufacturing Company will fulfill its new contract for stamped envelopes

1. The Morgan Envelope Company would share in the contract in exchange for the use of their machinery.
2. This arrangement was “considered advisable by the Plimpton company, as the expense of building new machines would be considerable, and would be attended with delay which might be embarrassing.”

On September 25, 1874, the Courant reported that the Springfield Republican had reported that the Morgan Envelope Company would have a half interest in the contract for stamped envelopes.

The post office department will receive the executed contract on October 3, 1874.

The article reported that the jobs would go to “one hundred and fifty hands,” as in factory hands.

The Batterson Building was on the corner of Asylum and High streets.

Unattributed.  “The Plimpton company,” Hartford Daily Courant, September 29, 1874, page 2.