The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-31
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN GOODS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIoR,


$50 pairs | point white Macknac blankets, TO
measure SO by so inches, and weigh Tour
and quarter pounds
900 pairs point white Mackinac blankets, 10
measure 80 by 40 inches, and weigh three
and quarter pounds
400 pairs point scarlet Mackinac blankets, 70
measure 60 by ~ inches, and weigh eight
pounds
300 pairs 2! point scarlet Mackinac blankets, to
measure 81 by 66 inches, and weigh SIX
pounds
100 pairs 81 point green Mackinac blankets, to
measure 90 by 81 inches, and weigh ten
pounds
300 pairs point green Mackinac blankets, To
measure 60 by ~ inches, and weigh eight
pounds
$50 pairs p point green Mackinac blankets 70
measure 81 by 90 inches, and weigh SIX
pounds
100 pairs 8! point gentnella blue MackinaG
blankets, to measure DO by - inches, and
weigh ten pounds
400 pairs point gentlnelia blue MacRihhG
blankets, To measure % by u inches, and
weigh eight pounds
300 pairs d point gentinela blue Mackinac
blankets, to measure "a by 90 inches, and
weigh six pounds
Dry Goods
1000 yards scarlet strouds
500 yards blue strouds
500 yards fancy list cloth, blue
$50 yards fancy list cloth, scarlet
$50 yards fancy list cloth, green
900 yards gray list cloth, blue
1900 yards saved list cloth, blue
900 Yards saved list cloth, scarlet
500 yards saved list CLOTH green
225 pounds worsted yarn, 3 fold
100 dozen cotton flag handerchlcfs
$50 dozen cotton Madras handkcrchiefs
IT'S dozen black silk handkerchief
80 dozen Sd cotton shawls
50 dozen 6-4 cotton shawls
IS dozen A cotton shawls
40 dozen 81 woollen shawls
D 900 wards domestic calico
5000 yards English and French calico
10000 yards Merrimack calico
$500 yards blue drilling
5000 yards Georgia stripes
1000 yards blue denims
900 yards cottonade
I, 900 yards domestic shirting, bleached
l 900 yards domestic shirting, unblcached
Il 900 yards domestic sheeting, unbleached
5000 yards checks, stripes, and plaids
400 dozen woollen socks
| 900 yards plaid linsey
| 800 yards fiannels, assorted
| 900 flannel shirts
700 calico shirts
430 pounds linen thread
$50 pounds cotton thread
! 400 dozen spool cotton, Nos to 81
so pounds sewing silk
100 pieces riband, assorted
| 1890 yards bed ticking
| ZOO yards Kentucky Jeans
500 yards sattinets
80 gross worsted gathering
200 pounds Chinese vcrlnillion
20 dozen silk handkerchiefs, bark and Bandana
50 gross fancy and clay pipes
HdrtflDare.
| ESQ pounds brass kettles
| 900 tin kettles
TO nests of iapanned kettles, : in nest
276 dozen butcher knives
| 2S 900 gun fints
25 gross squaw avis
| 1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
u, 900 needles, assorted
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 dozen scissors, assorted
10 gross gun worms
II dozen axes, To weigh from A. TO 5, pounds
80 dozen half axes, To weigh 81 pounds
| "a dozen hatchets, TO weigh u pounds
agricultural IMPLEMENTS, sc.
100 axes, to weigh from ~ 20 q r"unds
J inn baIT~sos, 10 weigh s. pounds
200 hatchets 10 weigh l pounds
| % broad axes
200 drawing knives, II inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions of I J. !, ?, anc
inch
$50 pairs names
$50 pairs trace chains
300 pounds brass kettles
/ ! 800 wedding hoes
! l75 hand saws
| 40 cruss-cut saws, feet in length
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
/ 100 hand-saw files
/. 100 cross-Cut saw files
30 log chains, to weigh 25 pounds each
6O Whittemorc cards, No. 10
100 quarter socket chisel5
90 planes, fore and jack
Northwest Guns
$50 Northwest guns, two thirds of which mus
measure 80 nchrs in length Of barrel, AN,
one-t third ~ inches, 30 be delivered in tn,
city of New York or Philadelphia, as MAJ
be required.
samples of all the above articles are deposited il
the Office Of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
and it may be proper TO remark that those Of hard
ware, agricultural implements, and northwest gun
are entirely new and Of better quality than the ar
cles heretofore furnished under former contracts
The proposals. may BE- divided into four parts, viz
Let. Blankets.
%. Dry goods.
3D. Hardware, u include agricultural nipple
ments, &C.
9TH Northwest gum.
The lowest competent responsible bidder will re
ceive the whole any part Of the contract accord
ing to the ab0ve scale, the Department rcsering 3
competent and responsible, or not.
The whole amount in money 60 BE- applied 10 th
purchase Of goods will bc about S90,OJ0, but tn
Department reserves the right to increase al
minish the quantity Of any Of the articles named
or substitute others in lieu thereof, Ia require a
similar prices, such goods AZ may be wanted 70
presents or other purposes in the administration
| the affairs II the Department Goods 81 America
manufactur all other things being equal, will b
preferred; but all the samples Of blankets an
cloths Of foreign manufacture, II will BE- neccs
sary, when a domestic article is bid for, that
sample Of il should accompany the bid, 10 enabl
the Department ~ decide whether It IL Of equa
quality with the samples b. be exhibited
The party proposing 10 supply the articles Wi
make an invoice 81 all the itcms embraced in th
above list. and aiIx the prices, IN dollars and cent?
it which be- ~ they will furnish them, deliverabl
in New York Cor II the contractor prefers it, abOu
one half Of the quantity may b. delivered in ~
Louis Missouri free u expense 10 the Government,
on Or before the 18th day Of May next, assumin
the quantity Of each article a. specified in this al
vcrtisoment, and extending the cost, making n
| aggregate Of the whole invoice constituting IN
bid The goods will be inspected in New Yor
land in St Louis, If any portion Of them should ;
delivered thcre) by am agent Of the United State
who will be- appointed by the Department for N
purpose and ~ ascertain the conformity Of the al
iiolts purchased with the samples exhibited, wbe
the contract shall b. made, and with the terms
the contract ITSELF which shall contain clause ths
II the articles are not furnished within the tim
prescribed, Or II they are Of insufficient quality
the opinion II the agent aforesaid, and II With
five days after notice Of such insufhciency N
party shall not furnish others in lieu thereof 81 u
required quality the United States shall be author
zed 10 purcha them Of others, and to charge an
increase Of price they may be compelled 10 pa
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