The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-07
STATIONERY AND BINDING.

STATIONERY AND BINDING.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, May 90, 1853
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re.
~ ceved at the Office of the Secretary Of tbs Nayr
until three O'Clock p. of Tuesday, the 9stb of
June next for furnishing all the stationery andeI
ecnung all the binding that may be required bv
the navy Department and its several bureaus for
the year commencing the lst of July. 1859. and
ending the Goth 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
If it be required, each bidder for stationery must
furnish with his proposal sample of each article
bid for.
To insure 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 or m ore
approved sureties for the faithful execution of the
contract, will be required Of the person persons
contracting. The authorized names of the sureties
that will be given, as also satisfactory testimonials
to fulfil The contract, must accompany the bid;
otherwise. it will not be considered.
The Department reserves 10 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 the lowest
market price, according TO its quality.
STATIONERY.
flirting 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 / pounds
per ream per ream
Is do laid hand made foolscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing IS pounds per
10 DO Owen & HurIburt's wove foolscap,
blue white, ruled, weighing IL
pounds per ream, or of any other man
uacture 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 Patner & Smiths extra superfne, blue
white, laid wove, Congress Alto
post, ruled, weighing s. pounds per
per ream
30 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
per reanl
4 do best sup. roy. writing paper do
do best French Alto post ruled do
do note paper, gilt edged do
30 do copying or tissue paper, Alto post do
10 do copying or tissue paper, foolscap do
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by q inches,
100 yards tracing cloth, per square yard
100 sheets best prepared parchment, IA by Is
reams blotting paper, royal, per ream
60 qures patent biotting paper, medium, per
quire
$50 sheets drawing paper, sWhatman's Tur.
key Mills,'' from medium to antigua
rian, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 1000
l,50o do do note size do
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, S; by {
inches, per / 900
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by 80
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 5, by ,.
inches, per $50
10 900 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
official size, per 900
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
letter size, per 1000
5000 best heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official size, per 900
20 gross steel pens, on cards or IN boxes, (the
Department to have the liberty of select
ing from all the different kinds manufac-
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
| 90 quarts 'Princes record and copying ink,
10 do Maynard s Noyes's black
| ink, in bottles, do
| SO do hest London copying ink,
| ArnoId's or Terry's, do
| 6 do blue ink, do
| 2 dozen ounce bottles Perrne, Guyott s. Co.'s
| superfne carmne, per bottle
200 swan quilts, best quality, per 100
| 1000 quilts, No 81, Opaque or clarified do
| 100 crow or brandt quilts, do
7s dozen o. s FSd s sPs No. Is to as per dozen
| do penknives, 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
l do Carrington's parallel rulers, do
do sand boxes, cocoa wood, do
2 do wafer stands, do dc
| ! do pounce boxes, do do
2 do wafer stamps, ivory handles, do
| 10 do black lead pencils, Faber's
| BEST assorted, do
| 4 do best American drawing pen
| oils assorted, do
do Cohen's red lead pencils, do
l do sable brushes assorted do
r.. do camel's hair brushes, assorted do
do white French pump inkstands,
large size do
2 do Draper's patent air tight ink
stands do
| 3 do sticks best India ink per stick
80 pounds extra euperfne scarlet seal
| ing wax 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
/ ~ 20 peSi HSiEp tH4uS
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
50 quarts best black sand per quart
| pounds best prepared India rubber
=, -, per pound
| BINDING AND BLANK BOOKS.
| 10 volumes Of newspapers, daily, per yearly
volume
Is volumes Of newspapers, weekly tri sent
weekly, per yearly volume
50 volumes Of bnoks, i2mo., $40, fto, 90 biios
fall oouad "a soeep, call, IaoFocco, o. Rus
sia, per volume
so volumes Of booze, hall bound In kussiss
cali. sheep, morocco. or cloth, per volume