The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-30
FLAX AND COTTON CANvAss-ooPPER
AND IRON.


BunEAu or Con-, Eeur., KErM3,
29th March, lo43
PROPOSALS. will be received at this Bureau I'M
til 3 O'Clock, p. m, of the 18th APfii neat 'o'
furnishing and delivering, BY the l't Sep'enue,
at the Navy Yards Brooklyn, New YORK anu uos-
port Virginia, respectively, The following qua"''ie'
of Flax and Cotton Canvass, VIZ
Al Brooklyn. hew York
.so ,,o,,s riax Canvass No 3--eaeh bolt to con
Am 40 wards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh 35
"a bolts Cotton Canvass, No 6-each bolt to con-
tain so wards be 20 inches wide, and weigh "a
pounds.
tain SO yards, be 90 inches wide, and weigh %
100 bolts Cotton Canvass, No. l0-sach bolt 10 con-
tain so wards, be % inches wide, and weigh &c
pounds.
And at Gosport Virginia.
100 bolts Flax Canvass No. 3-each bolt to contain
40 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh IS
pounds
os bolts Cotton Canvass, No, 2--each bolt to con-
tain 50 yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh AZ
o5 bolts Cotton Canvass, No. 3--each bolt to con-
tain SO yards, be 20 inches wide, and weigh 40
pounds.
tain 50 yards, be 20 inches wide, aud weigh 26
pounds
The fax canvass to be Of the best quality ,oater
ro.ied flax, manufactured in the best style OF work
manshp, the flax to be well hatchelled and free from
tow the warn TO be freed from mucilage by boiling II
in weak lie before it is woyen--and woven without
starch or szingyarns 10 be double threaded, slight
ly twisted each bolt to have blue thread woven
throughout So nch from the selvage.
The cotton to be of the best quality Of ma
terias and workmanship, each bolt to have blue
thread woven throughout at the following distances
from the sewage, viz: No. 2, 7-S inch; No 3, So
inch No. 6, 3S inch and Nos. and 10, 10 inch.
Said canvass must conform to the samples of the
at the respective Navy Yards be subject to such
tests and inspection the Chief of said Bureau may
direct authorize and be in all respects to his en-
tire satisfaction, TO the satisfaction of the Com
mandants Of the said Navy Yards, respectively.
Proposals will, Also be received at this Bureau
til O'clock p. m, OF 18th April next, for furnish
ing and delivering at the respective Navy Yards at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Charles,own, Ma.sa-
chusetts Brooklyn, New York Philadelphia Wash
ing, District of Columbia Gosport, Virginia and
the Baltimore Naval Station, such quantities of
Bolt and sheet "copper" and
Round, fiat, and square iron,
that may be ordered by the respective Commanding
Officers of said Navy Yards and Naval Station, by
the Navy Agents. respectively, during the year lS43
for the use Of the Navy of the United States Per-
sons offering to furnish copper and iron referred
10 the respective Commandments and Navy Agents for
the particua sizes and description that will be
qured. These articles, also to be subject TO such
Tests and inspection the Chief Of said Bureau may
direct authorize. and be entirely tn his satsiac-
ton, satisfactory to the respective Commandments.
All deliveries must be at the risk and expense of
the Contractors and the articles must conform to the
stipuatons and conditions of The contracts TO be
tered into.
To be published three times week in the follow
ing papers only, viz Madisonian and lntelhgencer,
District of Columbia; Morning Post, Boston Jour
nal Of Commerce and Morning Post, New York /;
American Sentinel and Public Ledger, Philadelphia /;
Republican, Baltimore; Richmond Enquirer, Virgil
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