The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-04
sTAT1oNERY AND BINDING.

Aa' STATIONERY AND BINDING.
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,ia.iFaa.4 NAVY DEPARTMENT, May %, 1858.
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 2sih of
June next, for furnishing all the stationery and ex-
ecuting all the binding that may be required by
the Navy Department and its several bureaus for
the year commencing the 1st of July, 1853, and
ending on the 3Oth OF June, 1864.
All the articles furnished and work executed
must De 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.
it be required. each bidder for stationery must
bid for. l71r - > 49, 49,
: To insure uniformity in the proposals.. b,ank
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 suretes for the faithful execution of the
contract will be required Of the person or persons
contracting. The authorized names of the sureties
that VIII De given, as also satisfactory testimonials
to fulfil the contract must accompany the bid:
otherwise, it will not be considered aal
Inc department reserves to itself the right of
ordering greater or less quantity of each and
every article contracted for, as the public service
Should any article be required not enumerated
in the contract, it is to be furnished at the lowest
market price, according to it's quality. @
5t STATIONERY. 4
aaf Writing Paper, of Linen Stock.
reams folio post, blue or white, satin finish,
faint lined, and trimmed, weighing
-,il4t.tuags l7pounds per ream per ream
do heavy blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made, stop ruled, weighing L pounds
per ream per ream
Is do laid, hand made foolscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing IS pounds per
It- reamalij fd Vl&as1 ~ -. ner rea m
10 do Owen & Hurlburt's wove fooIscap.
blue or white, ruled, weighing IL
pounds per ream, or of any other man
ssIi.lJ uacture OF equal quality per roam
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 superfine, blue
or white, laid or wove, Congress 4to
post, ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
ream per rentn
20 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfine, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
81 pounds per ream per ream
20 do best yellow or buff envelope paper,
haa royal, flat weighing "a pounds per
ream per ream
DO best sup roy. writing paper do
S do best French 4to post ruled do
do note paper, gilt edged do
~ do copying or tissue paper, 4to post do
10 do copying or tissue paper, foolscap do
lSo sheets best tracing paper, DO by p 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
GO quifes patent blotting paper, medium, per
quire
$50 sheets drawing paper, "whatman's Tur.
key Mills, from medium TO antigua
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 1000
I 1 500 do do note size do
500 do do card size, per 500
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by
inches, per 200
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. BY 81
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, S. by 8.
inches, per $50 .f..
10 900 best buff envelopes, Government pattern
official size, per 900
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
letter size, per 200
5000 beat heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official SIZE, per 900 a.
20 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
90 quarts "Prince's record and copying ink -
10 do Maynard Noycs's black 20 s'A'
ink, in bottles, do
Arnold's or Terry's, do
6 do blue ink, do
2 dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott g. Co.'s
superfne carmine, per bottle
200 swan quilts, best quality, per 100
ZOO quilts Mo- 81, Opaque or clarified do
100 crow or brandt quilts, do
Is dozen red tape, No. Is to %, per dozen
6 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
2 do 9-inch ivory folders, do
l do Carrington's parallel rulers, do
2 do sand boxes, cocoa wood, do
2 do wafer stands, do do
do pounce boxes, do do
/ do do ivory, do
2 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
2 do cancels hair brushes, assorted do
do white French pump inkstands,
large size do
do Draper's patent alright ink.
stands do
2 do sticks best India ink per stick
80 pounds extra euperhne scarlet seal.
80 ing wax :. per pound
~ DO second quality sealing wax do
Is do best quality waters do
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
so quarts beat black sand per Quart
| pounds best prepared India rubber
+ q = ~ per pound
| do unpreparcd do do
| BINDING AND BLANK BOOKS.
| 10 volumes Of newspapers, daily, per yearly
| volume "s-t 55 'H
IS volumes of newspapers, weekly, tr or semi
| weekly, per yearly volume
SO volumes of books, l2mo., Svo 4to., or folio
1 H. H 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
| ii 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