The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-05

Posr 0PslcE DEPARTMENT,
Nav %. l045

~ reams SouthWorths Congress extra supernne
quarto post paper, blue or white feint
lined, weight pounds per ream
so reams Jesup's first class quart0 post, wove or
laid, blue or white, feint lined, weight 81
pounds per ream
l2 reams Palmer, Smith, & Co. extra sup. blue
wovequarto post paper, feint lined weight
81 pounds per ream EN8
Is do do do white do do per ream
l2 do do do unruled do do per ream
10 do Owen and Hurbert's superior blue laid
foolscap, feint lined, per ream 4.3
do Southworth's extra superior white woye
foolscap, fent lined, per ream
2 do do do white folio post, TO weigh not
less than Is pounds, per ream
2 do do do feint lined do per ream
10 reams bank folio post, blue, untrimmed, 49,
by % inches, per ream
10 do do white do do per ream
do gilt note paper, s by 5inches, per ream
100 do best machine or handmade cap, weight
tf IL pounds per ream hll4tG
so reams small royal writing paper for blanks,
% by La inches; weight % pounds, per
ream 9tsst3tE
10 do royal do do 25 by 10 inches, weight
"a pounds, per ream s19
Ito do best machine or handmade quarto post,
weight pounds, per ream
do best yellow or buff enveloping paper,
20 by 26 inches per ream
SO do best yellow or buff enveloping paper, 81
by "a inches, per ream
do white enveloping paper, 20 by rs inches,
flat, per ream teAsti Y.
$50 do double cap paper for blank post bills,
do extra superfne cap, hand made, for post
masters bonds, per ream
100 do royal printing paper, per ream
4quIres best drawing paper, n by 40 inches,
per qure 9ss 81
4 do best tracing paper, 81 by 40 inches, per
so dozen cards steel pens (the department to have
the liberty of selecting from all the DIFF
ferent kinds manufactured, English or
American, in the market,) per dozen
cards
lgross Damascus pens, in boxes, with one
dozen holders, per gross
do other steel pens in boxes, with one
dozen holders to each gross, per gross
2dozen Alden's patent elastic penholders, per
dozen @g 5F. NJ
1000 opaque quilts, No so, per 1000
36 dozen Monroe's black lead pencils, graduated,
x per dozen sH
4 do Cohen's red lead do do per
dozen
do s-inch ivory folders, per dozen
100 do red tape No l6, per dozen
l do pieces silk taste, per dozen 3
| do cocoa sand boxes, per dozen
l do do wafer stands, per dozen @
do quart bottles Maynard d Noyes's black
ink, per dozen
| do do do Hover's do per dozen
do gill bottles do Arnold's red ink, per
dozen
Is pounds red waters, best, per pound
3 do pea do do per pound
do best scarlet sealing wax, per pound
do prepared India rubber, per pound
2 dozen cut glass ink stands, 81 inches square,
pillared or plain, per dozen
dozen letter stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
S dozen penknives, Rodgers's best, blades
l do erasers, Rodgers's, ivory handles, in
cases, per dozen
do best paper shears or scissors, six inches,
per dozen
In order to secure uniformity, blank forms for
proposals will be furnished, on application to the
department.
lfit be required, each bidder must furnish, with
his proposals, a sample, and but one sample, of
each article bid for.
Each article must be bid for, and no more than
one price named for any one article.
Bids not fully conforming to the advertisement
will not be considered.
Each bid must be accompanied by ample testimo-
ny Of the ability of the bidder to comply with his
proposal.
Bond, with security in twice the estimated amount
of the articles to be furnished will LAS the law de-
mands) be required of the person or persons con-
tracing; and in case of failure fully to comply
with the terms of the contract the contractor and
his sureties will be liable for the forfeiture specified
in such bond, liquidatea damages to be sued for
in the name of the United States, any court hay
ing jurisdiction thereof.
The head of the department will, in all cases, de-
eide whether the terms of the contract have been
complied with, and reserves the power to annul the
contract upon any failure to comply In a reasonable
time,
c. JOHNSON,