The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-22
STATIONERY AND BINDING.

WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
STATIONERY AND bindings.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, May 20, 1853,
| SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
~ ceved at the Office Of the Secretary of the Navy
until three O'Clock p. m. of Tuesday, the 26th Of
June next, for furnishing all the stationery and ex-
ecutlng all the binding that may be required by
the Navy Department and lite several bureaus for
| the year commencing the LIST Of July, 1853, and
ending on the 30th of June, 1884
| 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.
lift be required each bidder for stationery must
furnish with his proposal sample of each article
bid for.
70 insure uniformity in the proposals. blank
forms vii! 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
ard every article ie 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 eureties for the faithful execution of the
contract will be required Of the person persons
contracting. The authorized names of the eureties
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, as 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
Il pounds per ream per ream
do heavy blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made, stop ruled, weighing l6 pounds
PER- eam per ream
Is do laid, hand made foolscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing l3 pounds per
10 do Owen & HurIburt'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
white, laid or wove, Congress Alto
post, ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
20 do Crane Co.'s extra auperfine, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
81 pounds per ream per ream
20 do best yellow or buff envelope paper
royal, fiat, weighing "a pounds per
ream per ream
do beat sup. roy. writing paper do
do best French 4to post ruled do
5 do note paper, gilt edged do
20 do copying or tissue paper. 4to post do
10 do copying or tissue paper, foolscap do
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 81 inches,
100 yards tracing cloth, per square yard
100 sheets best prepared parchment, Ia by is
inches, per sheet
reams blotting paper, royal, per ream
60 quires patent biotting paper, medium, per
quire
$50 sheets drawing paper, "Whatman's Turs
key MILES, from medium to ANTIGUA
rian, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes letter size per 1000
re size do
500 do do card size, per 500
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 4
inches, per 1000
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 81
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by )!
inches, per $50
10 900 best buff envelopes, Government pattern.
official size, per 900
5000 best buff envelopes. Government pattern
letter size, per 600
5000 best heavy white envelopes, band made,
official size, per 200
20 gross steel pens, on cards in boxes, (the
Department to have the liberty of select
ing from all the different kinds manufao.
tuTed, English or American, per gross
100 cards Perry's pens, assorted, per card
do engineers pens, do
do photographic pens, do
"a gold pens, large size, with silver holders,
best manufacture, per pen
20 quarts "Prince's record and copying ink
in bottles, per quart
ink, in bottles, do
SO do best London copying ink,
Arnold's or Terry's, do
do blue ink, do
2 dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott& Co.'s
superfne carmine, per bottle
200 swan quilts, best quality, per 100
1000 quilts, No. 80, opaque or clarified, do
100 crow or brandt guile, do
rs dozen red tape, No. Is to 25, per dozen
do silk taste, do
do penknives, Rodgers's best,
pearl handles, large size,
blades, do
do erasers, large size, ivory
handles, in cases, Rodg
ers's best do
do pairs of shears and scissors, do
2 do 9-inch ivory folders, do
l 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, assorted, do
do best American drawing pen
cils assorted, do
do Cohen's red lead pencils, do
do sable brushes, assorted do
do camel's hair brushes, assorted do
2 do white French pump inkstands,
large size do
do Draper. patent alright ink
stands DO
do sticks best India ink per stick
80 pounds extra superhne scarlet seal
ing wax per pound
20 do second quahty seallng wax 90
Is do best quality waters do
10 do best white gum ARABIC 90
8 do best pounce do
10 do best hemp Irvine do
10 do best linen Irvine do
900 large Office waters for Department
seal per thousand
"a paper weights of brass, composition,
or lead per weight
so quarts best black sand per quart
pounds best prepared India rubber
per pound
2 do unprepared do do
BINDING AND BLANK BOOKS.
10 volumes of newspapers, daily, per yearly
volume
Is volumes of newspapers, weekly, tri or semi
weekly, per yearly volume
so volumes of books, l2mo., Svo., 4to., or ioilo,
full bound in sheep, calf, morocco, or Rus
STA, per volume
$50 volumes of books, half bound IN Russia,
calf, sheep, morocco, or CLOTH per volume
Blank books for Record, &'c.
Similar in form to those now in use, which may De
examined to be made of the best linen paper,
binding, paper indices, &C., all included, per
book ,,e