The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-19
PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY.
Posr OFFICE DEpARrMENr,


quarto post paper, blue or white, feint
lined, weight pounds per ream
SO reams Jesups first class quarto post, wove or
laid, blue or white, feint lined; weight 81
pounds per ream
l2 reams Palmer, Smith, d Co. extra sup. blue
wove quarto post paper ,feint lined; weight
81 pounds per ream
Is do do do white do do per rcam
IL do do do unruled do do per ream
10 do Owen and Hurlbert's superior blue laid
foolscap, feint lined, per ream
do Southworth's extra superior white wove
foolscap, feint lined, per ream
2 do do do white folio post, to weigh not
less than 10 pounds, per reanl
2 do do do feint lined do per ream
10 reams bank folio post, blue, untrimmed, lsl
by % inches, per ream
10 do do white do do per ream
2 do gilt note paper, by inches, per ream
100 do best machine or handmade cap, weight
IL pounds per ream
SO reams small royal writing paper for blanks,
% by III inches; weight % pounds, per
ream
10 do royal do do 25 by 10 inches, weight
"a pounds, per ream
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 q inches, per ream
] do white enveoping paper, 20 by IS inches,
$50 do double cap paper for blank post bills,
do extra superfne cap, hand made, for post
masters bonds, per ream
100 40 royal printing paper per ream
4quires best drawing paper, 81 by 40 inches,
per quire
do best tracing paper, 81 by 40 inches, per
quire
SO dozen cards steel pens, (he department to have
the liberty of selecting from all the diff
ferent kinds manufactured, English or
American, in the market,) per dozen
cards
gross 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
2 dozen Alden's patent elastic penholders, per
dozen
1000 opaque quilts, No. so, per 1000
36 dozen Monroe's black lead pencils, graduated,
do Cohen's red lead do do per
dozen
3 do 9inch ivory folders, per dozen
100 do red tape, No. 16, per dozen .a
! do pieces silk taste, per dozen
! do cocoa sand boxes, per dozen
] do do wafer stands, per dozen
do quart bottles Maynard & Noyess black
ink, per dozen
| do do do Hover's do per dozen
do gill bottles do Arnold's red ink, per
dozen
25 pounds red waters, BEST per pound
do pea do do per pound
do best scarlet sealing wax, per pound
2 do prepared India rubber, per pound
2 dozen cut glass ink stands, ~ inches square,
piared or plain, per dozen
dozen letter stamps, ivory handles, per dozen
dozen penknives, Rodgers's best, blades
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.
1fit be required each bidder must furnish, with
his proposals, 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 he furnished, will Gas the law de-
mands) be required of the person persons con-
tracing; and in else 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, as liquidae1 damages to be sued for
in the name Of the United States, in any court hav
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 reasonable
C. JOHNSON,
Nav 23-law4w Postmaster General.