The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-16
STATIONERY AND BINDING.

STATIONERY AND BINDING.
| NAVY DEPARTMENT, May 80, 1858.
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
~ ceved at the Office of the Secretary of the Navy
q 9n three O'Clock &c p M Of Tuesday, the 2sh Of
ecutlng all the binding that may be required by
| the Navy Department and it's several bureaus for
| the year commencing the Let of July, 1853, and
ending on 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 required.
Ifit 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 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 sufffclent 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 glven as also satisfactory testimonials
to fulfil 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, the public service
may require.
Should any article be required not enumerated
in the contract, it is to be furnished the loves,
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 lS pounds
per ream per ream
Is do laid, hand made fooscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing Is pounds per
ream per reapo
10 do Owen & Hurlburt's wove foolscap,
blue or white, ruled, weighing IL
pounds per ream. or of any other man
ufacture'of equal quality per ream
10 do hrst 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
20 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfine. thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
81 pounds per ream per ream
20 do best-yeow 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 ,foolscap do
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 81 inches,
per sheet
100 yards tracing cloth, per square yard
100 sheets best prepared parchment, ID by Is
inches, per sheet
reams blotting paper, royal, per ream
gu quifes patent biottng paper medium per
$50 sheets drawing paper. "whatman's Tur-
key Mills from medium to antigua
rian, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per l 200
500 do do note size do
500 do do card size, per 500
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by 4
inches, per | 900
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 8,
inches, per $50
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 8.
inches. per $50
10000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
official size, per 900
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
letter size, per 900
5000 best heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official size, per 600
20 gross steel pens, on cards or in boxes, (the
Department to have the liberty of select
ing from all the different kinds manufac-
- tuIed, 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
10 do Maynard ' & Noyess black ~ guar
ink, in bottles, do
SO do hest London copying ink,
Arnold's or Terry's, do
do blue ink, do
dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott Co..
superfine carmine, per bottle
200 swan quilts, best quality, per 100
1000 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 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
Go 9-inch ivory folders. do
do Carripgton's parallel rulers, do
do sand boxes, cocoa WOOD, do
do wafer stands, do do
do p0uncea boxes; ID do DO 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
do Cohen's red lead pencils, do
do sable brushes, assorted do
do cames hair brushes, assorted do
2 do white French pump inkstands,
do Draper's patent air tight ink.
stands 90
9 do sticks best India ink per stick
30 pounds extra superfne scarlet zeal
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
10 do best hemp Irvine 90
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, l2mo., svo., 4to, or folio,
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 Voiunie