The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-06-12
STATIONERY. pRIsrrsc. AND BIsDISG.


Navy DEPARTMEsT, May "a, 1850.
SEPARATE 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
ecuting all the Printing and Binding that may be
required by the Navy Department and its several
Bureaus, for the year commencing the LIST 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 Ia the satisfaction of the head Of
the office for which they are required.
II il be required, each bidder for Stationery must
furnish with his proposal a sample of each article
bid for.
To 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 one article.
Bonds in sufficient amount, with two APP
proved suret.cs for the faithful execution of the
contract, will be required of the person or persona
contracting. The authorized names of the sureties
that will be given, also satisfactory testimonials
to fulfil the contract, must accompany the bid;
otherwise 1t 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, the public service may
quire.
Should any article be required not enumerated
in the contract, il is to be furnished at the lowest
market price, according to its quality
STATIONERY.
flirting Paper Of linen stock.
reams folio post blue white, satin finish.
faint lined and trimmed, weighing IL
pounds per ream, per roam
reams heavy, blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made, stop ruled, weighing l6 pounds per
ream, (Jessup & Bros manufacture) per
ream
l5 reams Jessup & Brothers. laid, hand made
foolscap, ruled blue or white, weighing l3
pounds per ream, per ream
10 reams Owen s. Hurlbut's wove foolscap, blue
or white ruled, weighing IL pounds per
ream-or OF any other manufacture of
equal quality, per ream
80 reams Jessup Brothers. frst-class hand
made 4to post, woye or laid, blue or white.
weighing 81 pounds per rcam, per ream
80 reams Platner Smiths extra superfine,
blue or white wovc Congress 4topost ruled,
weighing 81 pounds per ream, per ream
20 realms Crane & Cos extra superfne 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 rcam
reams best super royal writing paper,
per ream
reams best French 4to post, ruled do
reams note paper, gilt edged do
da ay or ds ap oppoo 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
inches per sheet
3 reams botting paper royal per rcam
6O CURES patent blotting paper, medium
$50 sheets drawing paper, Whitman 5 Turkey
Mills" from medium to antiquarian
per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 600
500 do do do card card do do per Der 500
200 patent cloth lined envelopes 50 by 4inches
per 900
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes 81 by 8, per $50
dn dp ~ Nv a.
10000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
Official size per 900
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 grose
lOO cards Perrys pens, assorted per card
do Engineers pens do
do photographic pens do
"A gold pens, medium size, with silver holders,
Spencer, Rendell Dixon's manufacture.
or equal per pen
20 quarts " Princes record and copying ink
In bottles per quart
10 quarts Maynard & Noyes' black ink in bot
Sc quarts best London copying ink, Arnold's or
Terry's per quart
quarts blue ink do
2 dozen ounce bottles Perine, Guyott & Cos
superfne carmine per bottle
200 swan quilts best quality per 100
200 quilts, No S0,opaque clarified, per hundred
lOO crow or brandt quilts do
10 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
do wafer stands, do do
do pounce boxes do do
do do ivory do
do wafer stamps, ivory handles do
10 do black lead pencils, Faber's best, assert
ed per dozen
do best American drawing pencils, assert
ed per dozen
do Cohen's red lead pencils do
do sable brushes, assorted do
do camels hair brushes, assorted do
do cut glass inkstands, n inches square,
plain or pillared per dozen
2 do sticks best India ink per stick
30 pounds extra supcrfine scarlet scaling wax,
40 per pound
20 do second quality sealing-wax do
Is do best quality waters do
10 do best white gum arabic do
do best pounce do
10 do best hemp Irvine do
10 do best linen Irvine do
200 large Office waters for Department seal,
"a paper weights of Brass composition, or lead
per weight
90 quarts best black sand per quart
4pounds best prepared India rubber, per pound
pounds unprepared do do
PRINTING.
1000 copies of Navy Register, in BREWER type,
about 100 pages, on folio post Svo, mostly
rule and figure work, with blue printed
covers, folding, stitching, and per in
cluded, per copy for $50 pages, and per
page for excess over / so pages
40 copies Of Navy Register-same matter over
run into Ito form per copy
10 copies Navy Register, quarto form, inter
leaved, faint lined, and half bound, with
spring backs and marginal indiccs, pr copy
Circuldrs-Paper included.
10 realms quarto post writing paper, l, 2, 3, or
SPACES per quire
80 reams foolscap writing paper, l, 3, 3, ora
pages per quire
Bianks-Pape, and faint and red lining included.
80 realms dcm, folio post, foolscap, 4to post,
per quire
Book icork, exclusive Of paper, piz: