The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-06-04
STATIONERY, rarSrrso. AND BINDING

SfATlONERf, PRINTING, AND BlNDlNG
Navy DEPARrmEsT, June 2, 1851.
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
- ceivcd at the office of the Secretary OF the
Navy until three o'clock, p. m, of Saturday, the
26th of June instant, for furnishing all the station
cry and executing all the printing aud binding
that may be required by the Navy Department
and its several bureaus for the year commencing
the lst of July, 1851, and ending on the 3Oth Of
june, 1852.
All the articles furnished and work executed
must be of the best quality, delivered without de-
lay when ordered, and to the satisfaction OF the
head Of the office for v hich they required
II il 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 ia named for any one article.
Bonds in sufficient amount. with two or more
approved sureties for the faithful execution OF the
contract will be required Of the person or persons
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 leas quantity OF each and every
article contracted for, The public service may re-
quire.
Should any article be required not enumerated
in the contract IL ID to be furnished at the lowest
inafkct pilSc, W lts quuilNJ
STATIONERY.
Writing Paper, Of linen stock.
reams folio post, blue or white satin finish,
faint lined, and trimmed, weighing
II pounds per rcam per ream
do heavy blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made, stop- ruled, weighing 10 lbs.
per ream, (Jessup Bros manu-
fActure) per resm
Is do Jessup & Bro laid. hand made FOOLS
cap, ruled, blue or white, weighing
Is pounds per ream per reaIn
10 do Owen Hurlbut's wove foolscap, blue
or white, ruled, weighing II pounds
per ream. of any other rnanufac-
/. ture of equal quality per rean
40 do Jessup & Bro. 3 first class, hand made,
quarto post, or laid blue or
white, weighing 81 pounds per ream
per ream
40 do Platner & Smiths extra superfine, blue
or white, laid or wove, Congress-, 4to
post, ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
ream per ream
90 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfne, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
81 pounds per ream per rcam
20 do best yellow or buff envelope
paper, royal, fiat, weigh
ing "a pounds per ream do
do best sup. roy. writing paper do
do best French 4to post ruled do
do note paper, gilt edged do
20 do copying or tissue paper, 4tc
10 do copying or tissue paper,
foolscap 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 in
ches, per sheet
3 reams blotting paper, royal, per ream 4
60 quires patent blotting paper, medium, per
quire
$50 sheets drawing paper, "Whatman's Tur-
key Mills from medium to anti
quarian, per sheet
200 cream laid envelopes, letter SIZE per 900
a. r,ntn lf1 In
500 do do card size, per 500
LOCO patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by inches,
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by 8; in
ches, per $50
$50 patent clothlined envelopes, 81 by 81 in
ches per $50
900 best buff envelopes, Government pattern. Of
fetal size, per 1000
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern.
letter size per 900
20 grogs steel pens, on cards or in boxes (the
Department to have the liberty Of
Letting from all the differ cnt kinds man
ufactured, English or American)
per gross
100 cards Persy's pens, assorted per card
do engineers pens do
5 do photographic pens do
81 gold pens, large size, with oliver holders,
best manufacture per pen
90 quarts "Princes record and copying ink
in bottles per quart
10 quarts Maynard s Noyes's black ink, in bot
ties per quart
&c quarts best London copying ink, Arnolds
or Terry's pei, quart
quarts blue ink do
dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott Cos
superfne carmine per bottle
200 swan quilts, best quality per 100
1000 quilts, No. SO, opaque or clarified
per hundred
100 crow brandt quilts do
rs dozen red tape, No. 10 to 25 per dozen
do elk taste do
do penknives Rodgers's best pearl
handles, large size, blades do
do erasers, large size ivory han
dies. in cases, Rodgers's best do
do pairs of shears and scissors do
. do 9-inch ivory folders do
l do Darlington s parallel rulers do
2 do sand boxes, cocoa wood do
2 do wafer stands do do
do pounce boxes do do
l do do ivory do
2 do wafer stamps, ivory handles do
10 do black lead pencils, Fabers best,
assorted do
do best American drawing pencils,
assorted do
! do Cohen's red lead pencils do
do sable brushes, assorted do
2 do camel's hair brushes, assorted do
do cut glass inkstands, % inches square,
plain or pillared per dozen
9 do sticks best India ink per stick
30 pounds extra superfine scarlet seal
ing wax per lb.
40 do second quality sealing wax do
Is do best quality waters do
10 do best white gum arabic do
3 do best pounce do
10 do best hemp Irvine do
10 do beet linen Irvine do
1000 large Office waters for Department seal, per
"a paper weights of brass, composition, or lead,
per weight
so quarts best black sand per quart
pounds best prepared India rubber per ID
do unprepared do do
PRINTING.