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CATALOG NUMBER ME 4007
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE August 4, 1903
AUTHOR C. H. Curtiss & Co. (and others)
RECIPIENT William H. Mersereau
MEDIUM Paper, pencil
PEOPLE Alexander Duer Irving, A.M. Hunter, E. Bradley
PLACES Tarrytown
KEYWORDS bids for new work in bathroom
Tarrytown NY Aug 4/ 03
Mr Wm. H. Mersereau
Dear Sir
Replying to your postal card of Aug 4, The tiling in / Mr. Irvings new Bath Room would cost Two Hundred and / fifty three dollars ($253)
Yours truly
(signed) C H. Curtis + Co.
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Irvington on Hudson, Aug 3, 1903.
Mr. Wm. H. Mersereau
Dear Sir
I propose to prepare the room over [^ the north] porch at / Sunnyside for a tile floor and wainscot as proposed. Also / to clean away all rubbish for the sum of sixty / eight Dollars ($68 00/100)
Yours truly
(signed) A. M. Hunter
This includes taking up wooden floor cutting beams / and putting in concrete for tiling taking of plaster / and preparing walls for tiling by putting in iron [lath] .
[ILLUSTRATION - concrete, wall]
Wm. H. Mersereau
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August 3d, 1903
Mr. Wm H. Mersereau
32 Bway
New York City
Dear Sir.
Our estimate is Two Hundred and Fifty (250.00) / Dollars for furnishing delivering and setting the following in / residence at Irvington N.Y.
It is understood that the floor is to be concreted / to within 1 ½ “ of the finished floor line, free of expense / to us. We to furnish scratch coat and furnish rough / materials for setting our work.
Our estimate does not include iron lath.
Bath Room
1 floor of 2” white vitreous first quality
Wainscot 4’6” with 6” x 3” ivory white glazed tile and sanitary base / and moulded cap, all first quality. We hope to be favoured with the order /
E Bradley Curtiss CoTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
