The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-16

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| blankets, to measure 60 81, and weigh 10
| pounds
$50 pairs of 8 point gentinella blue Macknac
| blankets, to measure 90 IL, and weigh 3
pounds
$50 pairs of2s point gentinella blue Mackinac
blankets, to measure 81 &C. and weigh o
pounds
CLASS No. 2.-Dry Goods.
500 yards scarlet strouds
500 yards blue strouds
| $500 yards fancy list blue cloth
500 yards fancy list scarlet cloth
300 yards fancy list green cloth
| 2,400 yards gray list blue cloth
! 1880 yards saved list blue cloth
! 2,400 yards saved list scarlet cloth
! $50 yards saved list green cloth
500 pounds worsted yarn, 3 fold
260 dozen cotton flag handkerchiefs
100 dozen cotton Madras handkerchief
1875 dozen black silk handkerchiefs
! 100 dozen cotton shawls
1 100 dozen Cd cotton shawls
100 dozen A cotton ehawls
% dozen ga woollen shaws
500 pounds linen thread
| 80 pounds sewing silk
| 500 pieces ribbons assorted
| SO gross worsted gathering
50 pieces silk handkerchief
$4,000 yards calico
| 10000 yards Merrimac calico
| 1900 do blue drilling
! 1000 do Georgia stripes
| 5000 do blue deniins
| 1000 do cottonade
! 500 do bed ticking
900 do Kentucky jeans
| 700 do satnetts
| L 800 do plaid linsey
1000 do domestic shrting, beached
! 5000 DO do do unbleached
| $4,000 do do sheeting, do
| 5000 do Checks stripes and plaids
800 dozen woollen socks
500 yards flannels assorted
900 flannel shirts
900 calico do
600 pounds cotton thread
100 dozen spool cotton.
Glass No 3.-Hwd,cme and agricultural
Implements.
| 1850 pounds brass kettles
276 butcher knives
IS 900 gun fiints
% gross equaw avis
! 1000 fish hooks
% dozen fish lines
$4,000 needles
100 dozen combs, assorted
10 do SCISSORS do
10 gross gun worms
! 1000 tin kettles
rs nests japanned kettles, ) in nest
200 drawing knves-l0 and II inches in length
700 augers, in equal proportions of J, Il, and
inch
so pairs names
/ $50 do trace chains
600 wedding hoes
l75 hand
40 cross-cut saws, feet in length
100 hand saw files
100 cross-cut files
40 log chains, assorted, 9 to II feet
600 Whttemore cards. No. 10
600 quarters socket chises, J, , and inch
80 planes, fore and jack
Glass No. 4.-.4reS.
10 dozen axes, TO weigh from A. to s. pounds
80 do half axes, to weigh o. pounds
IL do hatchets, to weigh i pounds
Is broad axes.
CLASS No. 5.-.Norih,oest Cans.
! 700 northwest guns, two thirds of which must
SO inches in length of barrel, and
one-third AZ inches in length of barrel, To
be delivered in New York or Philadelphia
| may be required.
| New samples of all the above articles selected
with reference to the most recent improvements in
manufacture, are deposited in the office of the
! Commissioned of Indian Affairs, which, with the
contracts of former years, are open for the inspcc
| ton of bidders.
The Department reserves the light to increase or
diminish the quantity fany of the articles named
or substitute others in lieu thereof to require
similar prices, such goods as may be wanted, for
presents or other purposes, in the administration
of the affairs of the Department and to award the
contract to the party whose bid shall be deemed
most advantageous to the Indians and the Govern
ment. Goods of American manufacture, all other
things being equal, will be preferred but the
samples of blankets and cloths are OF foreign manu-
facture, it will be necessary, when domestic ar
ucle OF the kind is offered, that sample OF should
accompany the bid.
The party proposing to furnish the articles, in
any of the foregoing classes, will
make invoice of all the items therein, and aifx
the prices in dollars and cents at which he they
will furnish them, deliverable in New York on
before the lst day of May next, assuming, a ba-
sis Of calculation, the quantity of each article
therein specified, extending the cost, and showing
the aggregate amount of the whole invoice consti-
tutng the bid The goods will be inspected in
New York, by agent of the Department, who
will be appointed for the purpose and it will be
quired that the articles delivered under the con-
tracts shall conform strictly with the samples ex-
hibited, and all contracts will contain clause
authorizing the United States to purchase of Others
and charge any increase of price paid therefor, to
the party failing furnish such required by
the terms of his contract within five days after
tice of rejection shall be given him by said agent
! Bonds will be required in the amount of the bids
for the faithful performance of the contracts, with
! two or more sureties, whose sufficiency must be
certified by United States Judge district attor
| ncy. Payment will be made after the contract il
completed, and the delivery of the goods afore-
| said to agent Of the Department, upon dupli-
! cate invoice certified by him.
| The bids will be submitted with the following
| heading, and none will be received that are not
made in the form and terms here prescribed:
al Tor WEI propose to furnish for the service of
| the Indian Department the following goods, at
| the prices affixed to them respectively, viz: Here
| insert the list Of goods Deliverable in the
city of New York or before the LIST day Of
! May next; and, in case OF T. acceptance Of
this propgsal, the quantity being prescribed
by the Department, / Cor wc) will execute a
contract according to this agreement, and give
| satisfactory security to the D. Plrtmcnt within
ten days after the reception OF this bid; and, in
case of failure TO enter into such contract and
! give such security, (or we) will pay to the Uni
| ted States the difference between the hidden
/ by me Cor us) and the sum which the United
States may be obliged to pay for the same arti-
| cles."
! Each and every bid must also be accompanied with
a guaranty in the following form, to be signed by
one or more responsible persons, whose efficiency
must be certified by some ono who is known to the
Department, either personally or by his official
position
81 (or WEI hereby guarantee that ------, the
above bidder, will comply with the terms of the
advertisement for Proposals for Indian Goods
dated October 10, 1851, If the contract should be
awarded 20 him, and enter into bond for the exc
cuton OF the same within the time prescribed"
II. 81
u. s.
L. LEA,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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