SC MS 0047.01.05 Proposals for Headstones

Specifications for proposals invited to be handed in at my office in Gettysburg, up to the 22d inst., at 12 o'clock noon, for the two contracts referred to in the advertisement of this date, (Oct. 15th, 1863.) David Wills, Agent for A. G. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania. (Two sets of specifications are outlined regarding the exhumation of graves and digging of graves. There are three lines of handwriting at bottom in pencil regarding cost of the work. The single sheet measures 20 cm x 28 cm printed on ivory colored paper.

Proposals for Marble Headstones. David Wills, President of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. Proposals will be received until Wednesday, the 7th of September next (A.D. 1864) at 11 o'clock, A.M. for furnishing marble headstones for the graves in the Soldiers' National Cemetery, at Gettysburg, according to the following plans and specifications. (Five members of the Executive Committee are listed along with the material specifications and grave site sections' dimensions.

Proposals for Granite Headstones. David Wills, President of the Soldiers' National Cemetery. Proposals will be received until Thursday, the 5th of January next (A.D. 1865,) at 12 o'clock, noon, for furnishing granite headstones for the graves in the Soldiers' National Cemetery, at Gettysburg, according to the following plans and specifications: (Material and Description are listed as well as grave site sections'dimensions. The five members of the Executive Committee are listed: John R. Latimer, Levi Scobey, B. Deford. Edward Cooper. W.Y.