Wood to
undertake the construction, on proportionate terms.
"(Signed) EDWD. W. WATKIN.
"(Signed) O. S. WOOD.
"Montreal, _August_ 10_th_, 1863."
"MEMORANDUM _by Mr. Wood as to supply of Materials_.
"MONTREAL,
"_August_ 10_th_, 1863.
"DEAR SIR,
"We shall want 40,000 insulators--they will cost from $6 to $8 per 100;
35,000 red cedar top pins will cost $3 per 100; 40 sets of telegraph
instruments at $60 per set; main and local batteries, $500.
"As some of these articles ought immediately to be prepared, since
their preparation takes a little time, I will at once, in accordance
with our understanding of this morning, order a small quantity, and the
remainder when I receive your confirmation of the whole arrangement. In
the meantime I shall go to New York personally, to arrange the exact
form and description of insulator, it being very desirable to have this
article of the most perfect description.
"Yours faithfully,
"(Signed) O. S. WOOD.
"EDWD. W. WATKIN, Esq."
My official letter to Sir Edmund Head from Montreal, 24th July, 1863,
summarized all my proceedings up to its date.
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