The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-22
PRINTING. AND BINDING.
Navy DEpARrmEsr, May "a. 1850.

STATIONERY, PRINTING. AND HINDING.
Navy DEpARTmENr, May "a, 1850.
SEPARATES SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
- ceived at the Office of the Secretary Of the Navy
until o'clock, p m, Of Thursday, the 9th OF
June next for furnishing all the Stationery and
required by the Navy Department and its several
Bureaus, for the year commencing the lst Of July,
1850, and ending on the 30th OF June, 1851.
All the articles furnished and work executed must
be Of the best quality, delivered without delay,
when ordered, and the satisfaction of the head Of
the office for which they are required.
fit be required, each bidder for Stationery must
furnish with his proposal sample of each article
bid for.
To ensure uniformity in the proposals, blank
forms will be furnished to those disposed to bid;
and no bid will be considered which does not fully
conform to the advertisement, and in which each
and every article is not bid for, and in which more
than one price is named for any article.
Bonds in sufficient amount, with two or more ap-
proved sureties for the faithful execution of the
contract, will be required of the person persons
contracting. The authorized names of the sureties
that will be given, as also satisfactory testimonials
to fulfil the contract must accompany the bid;
otherwise il will not be considered.
The Department reserves to itself the right of or
dering greater or less quantity Of each and every
article contracted for, as the public service may
quire.
Should any article be required, not enumerated
in the contract, it is to be furnished at the lowest
market price, according to its quality.
STATIONERY.
Writing Paper Of linen stock.
reams folio post, blue or white, satin finish,
faint lined and trimmed, weighing II
pounds per rearn, per ream
reams heavy, blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made, stop ruled, weighing is pounds per
ream, (Jessup & Bros manufacture) per
Is reams Jessup & Brothers laid, hand made
foolscap, ruled blue white, weighing l3
pounds per ream, per ream
10 reams Owen Hurlbut's wove foolscap, blue
or white ruled, weighing II pounds per
ream-or of any other manufacture of
equal quality, per ream
80 realms Jessup & Brothers. irst-clas hand
made 4to post, wove or laid, blue or white,
weighing 81 pounds per ream, per ream
80 rcams Patner 4 Smiths extra supcrfne,
blue or white wove Congress 4topost, ruled,
weighing 81 pounds per ream, per ream
20 reams Crane Cos extra superfine thick
white, letter paper, ruled, weighing 81
pounds per ream, per ream
20 reams best yellow buff envelope paper,
royal, fiat, weighing "a pounds per ream,
per ream
reams best super royal writing paper,
per ream
rcams best French 4to post, ruled do
reams note paper, gilt edged do
20 al copying Tissue d aS post DO DO
$50 sheets best tracing paper 40 by 81 inches
per sheet
100 yards tracing cloth per yard
100 sheets best prepared parchment, IA BY IS
3 reams blotting paper. royal per ream
90 quires patent blotting paper, medium
per quire
$50 sheets drawing paper, (" Whatman's Turkey
Mills from medium to antiquarian
per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 1000
500 do do DO DO do do esSs nots sas do a9
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes 81 by 4inches
per 900
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes 81 BY q pc, $50
10000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern.
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
letter size per 900
20 gross steel pens on cards or in boxes (the
Department to have the liberty of selecting
from all the different kinds manufactured,
English American per gross
100 cards Perry's pens, assorted per card
do Engineers pens do
do photographic pens do
"a gold pens, medium size, with silver holders,
Spencer, Rendell s. Dixon's manufacture,
20 quarts . Princes record and copying ink
10 quarts Maynard Noye.' black ink * in s bot,
80 quarts best London copying ink, Afnolds or
Terry's per quart
quarts blue ink do
dozen ounce bottles Perine, Guyott & Cos
superfine carinine per bottle
200 swan quills best quality per 100
900 quills, No. sO,opaque or clarified per hundred
100 crow or brandt ouills do
rs dozen red tape, No. is to %, per dozen
do silk taste do
do penknives, Rodgers best, large size,
blades per dozen
do erasers, large size, ivory handles, in
cases, Rodgers best per dozen
do pairs Of shears and scissors do
? do 9-inch ivory folders do
! do Carrington's parallel rulers do
do sand-boxes, cocoa wood do
2 do wafer stands, do do
I do pounce boxes do do
1 do do ivory do
do wafer stamps, ivory handles do
10. do black lead pencils, Faber's best, assort
ed per dozen
do best American drawing pencils, assort-
do Coben's rcd lead pencils do
do sable brushes, assorted do
2 do camels bair brushes, assorted do
do cut glass inkstands, a inches square,
plain or pilared per dozen
do sticks best India ink per stick
30 pounds extra suPerfne scarlet sealing wax,
per pound
20 do second quality sealing-waS do
Is do best quality waters do
10 do best white gum arabic do
3 do best pounce do
10 do best hemp twine do
10 do best linen twine do
900 large Office waters for Department seal,
"a paper weights Of brass, composition, or lead
per weight
90 quarts best black sand per quart
pounds best prepared India rubber, per pound
pounds unprepared do do
PRINTING.
1000 copies Of Navy Register, in BREWER type,
about $50 pages, on folio post, Svo, mostly
rule and figure work, with blue printed
covers, folding, stitching, and paper in
cluded, per copy for $50 pages, and per
page for excess over $50 pages.
40 comics of Navy ReRister--sarne matter over