The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-30
STATIONERY AND BINDING.

WILL D. FUbLlSHED EVERY THURSDAY
STATIONERY AND BINDING.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, May %, 1853,
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
~ ceived at the Office of the Secretary of the NAVY
until three O'Clock p. m. of Tuesday, the 2sth Of
June next, Tor furnishing all the stationery and ex-
t ecuung an .ne binding that may be required by
the Navy Department and its several bureaus for
tue year commencing the lst of JuIy 1889 and
ending on the Both of June 1854.
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 which they are required
II 1t be required, each bidder for stationery must
furnish with bis proposal sample of each article
bid for.
To insure uniformity in the PROPOSALS. blsnk
forms will be furnished to those disposed to bid
and no bid vii! be considered which does not fuIIv
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 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, it will not be considered
The Department reserves TO itself the right of
ordering greater or less quantity of each and
every article contracted for, the public service
may require.
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 ream per ream
do heavy blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made stop ruled; weighing l6 pounds
per ream per ream
10 I,;J
or white, weighing IS pounds per
10 do Owen Hurlburt's wove fooIscap,
blue or white, ruled, weighing IL
pounds per ream, or of any other man.
ufacture OF equal quality per ream
10 do first class, hand made quarto post
wove or laid, blue or white, weighing
81 pounds per ream per ream
40 do Platner & Smiths extra superfne, blue
or white, laid wove, Congress 4to
post ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
Der ream
20 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfine, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
s. pounds per per ream
20 do best yellow or buff envelope paper,
royal, fiat, weighing "a pounds per
ream per ream
do best sup. roy. writing paper do
do best French 4to post ruled do
do note paper, gilt edged do
90 do copying or tissue paper, Alto post do
10 do copying or tissue paper, fooiscap do
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 90 by 81 inches,
per sheet
100 yards tracing cloth, per square yard
100 sheets best prepared parchment, IA by Is
inches, per sheet
reams biotting paper, royal per ream
go quires patent blotting paper, medium, per
$50 sheets drawing paper, "Whatman'e Tur-
key Mills from medium to antigua
rian, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 900
,6UU DO do note SIZE do
500 do do card size, per 500
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, 50 by 4
inches per 600
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by 80
inches, per $50
25c patent cloth lined envelopes, S. by 81
inches per $50
O,000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern.
official size, per 1000
5000 best buff envelopes. Government pattern,
letter size, per 900
5000 best heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official size, per 900
20 gross steel pens, on cards or in boxes 1.-THE
Department to have the liberty of select
ing from all the different kinds manufac-
an tuled, English or American. per gross
loO cards ferrys pens, assorted, per card
do engineers pens, do
5 do photographic pens, do
"a gold pens, large size, with silver helders,
best manufacture, per pen
~ quarts Princes record and copying ink
-, aa oottles, per quart
ink, in bottles, do
Sc do hest London copying ink,
Arnod's or Terry's, do
do blue ink, do
dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott s. Cos
superfne carmine, per bottle
goo swan quiss best quality, per 100
,OuO quilts, NO 81, opaque or clarified, do
100 crow or brandt quilts, do
rs dozen red tape, No. Is to 25, per dozen
do silk taste, do
do penknves, Rodgers's best,
pearl handles, large size,
blades, do,
do erasers, large size, ivory
handles. In cases, Rodg-
ers's best do
2 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
9 do wafer stands, do do
l do pounce boxes, do do
do do ivory 10
2 DO wafer stamps, ivory handles. do
10 do black lead pencils, Faber'.
best, assorted, do
do best American drawing pen.
Cile, assorted, do
l do Cohens red lead pencils do
. do sable brushes, assorted do
do camel's hair brushes, assorted do
do white French pump inkstands,
large size do
2 do Draper's patent alright ink.
stands do
9 do sticks best India ink per stick
81 pounds extra superhne scarlet seal
ing wax per pound
90 do second quality sealing wax do
ID do best quality waters Edo
10 do best white gum arabic do
do best pounce do
10 do best hemp Irvine do
10 do best linen Irvine do
1000 large office waters for Department
seal per thousand
"a paper weights of brass, composition,
or lead per weight
oo quarts pest niaok SAND per quart
pounds best prepared India rubber
2 do unprepared do do
BINDING AND BLANK BOOKS,
10 volumes of newspapers, daily, per yearly
volume
10 volumes of newspapers. weekly, tri or semi
weekly, per yearly volume
so volumes of books, l2mo. Sgo. 4to or folio,
full bound in sheep, calf, morocco or Rus
STA, per volume
$50 volumes of books, half bound in Russia
call, sheep, morocco or cloth, per volume
Blank books for Record, &c.
Similar in form to those now in use, which may be
examined, to be made of the best linen paper,
binding, paper indices Sc, all included, per
book
200 volumes manuscript letters, half bound, as