The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-15
STATIONERY AND BINDING.

STATIONERY AND BINDING,
NAVY DEPARTMENT, May %, 1852
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will he re-
~ ceved at the office of the Secretary of the Nav
until three O'Clock D. M of Tuesday the oetb ~
June next, for furnishing all the staionerv "
ecutlng all the binding that NAV be REQUIRED by
tne navy Department and its several bureaus for
the year commencing the lat of july. 1863. and
ending on the Both of June, 1854.
All the articles furnished and work execpted
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.
Ifit be required each bidder for STATIONERY rnns.
furnish with his proposal a 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 fIIv
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 eureties
that Will be glyen az also satisfactory testimonials
TO fulnl the contract, must accompany the bid;
otherwise, 1t 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
market price, according to its quality.
STATIONERY.
Writing Pepper, 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 le pounds
per ream per ream
Is do laid, hand made foolscap, ruled blue
or white, weighing IS pounds per
Team per ream
10 do Owen & Hurlburt's wove fooIscap,
blue or white, ruled, weighing IL
pounds per ream, or of any other man.
uiacture 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 or wove, Congress 4to
post, ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
ream per ream
20 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfne thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
81 pounds per ream per reau
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 Alto post ruled do
do note paper. gilt edged do
20 do copying or tissue paper, 4to post do
10 do copying or tissue paper, fooIscap do
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 81 inches,
per sheet
100 yards tracing cloth, per square yard
100 sheets best prepared parchment, Ia by Is
inches, per sheet
reams blotting paper, royal, per ream
go quireE patent blotting paper, medium, per
quire
$50 sheets drawing paper, "Whatn,an's Tur.
key Mills" from medium to antigua
rian, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 200
1850 do do note size do
500 do do card size, per 500
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, So by i
inches, per 1000
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 81
inches, per $50
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, S! by 81
inches, per $50
$1,000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
official size, per 200
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
letter size. per 1000
5000 best heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official size, per l 1000
90 gross steel pens, on cards or in boxes, (the
Department to have the liberty of select
ing from all the different kinds manufac-
tured, English or American. per gross
100 cards Perry's pens, assorted, per card
6 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
10 do Maynard s Noyes's black -
ink, in bottles, do
50 do rest London copying ink,
Arnods or Terry's, do
do blue ink, do
3 dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott & Co.'S
superfne carmine, per bottle
200 swan quillss best quality, per 100
,OoU quilts, NO o., opaque or clarified, do
100 crow or brandt quilts, do
Is dozen red tape, No. Is to 25,, per dozen
6 do silk taste, do
do penknves, Rodgers's beat,
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
2 do 9-inch ivory folders, dc
l do Carrington's parallel rulers, do
do sand boxes, cocoa wood, do
2 do wafer stands, do do
do pounce boxes, do do
l 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.
ellis, assorted, do
l do Cohen's red lead pencils, do
do sable brushes, assorted do
do camel's hair brushes, assorted do
do white French pump inkstands,
large size do
do Draper's patent air-tight ink.
stands do
do sticks best India ink per stick
80 pounds extra superhne scarlet seal
20 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 best linen Irvine do
1000 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
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, limo, svo., 4to,, or folio,
full bound in sheep, calf, morocco, or Rus
sa 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 be
examined, to be made of the best linen paper,
binding paper induces, &C., all Included, per
book
200 volumes manuscript letters, half bound, as