The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-20
sTATf0HERY AND BINDING,

WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
| sTATfONERY AND BINDING.
NAVY DErARTMENT, May 29, 1853.
! SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
Geived at the Office of the Secretary of the Navy
until three O'Clock p. m. of TUESDAY, the 2Sth Of
June next for furnishing all the stationery and ex
ecutlng all the binding that may be required by
the Navy Department and its several bureaus for
| the year commencing the let of July, 1853, and
| ending on the 30th 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 reauired
| 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 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 more
approved sureties Tor the faithful execution of the
contract, will be required of the person or persons
contracting The authorized names of the suretes
that will be given, 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, as the public service
may require.
Should any article be required not enumerated
in the contract, it to be furnished at the lowest
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 pound.
per ream per ream
Is do laid, hand made foolscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing Is pounds per
10 do Owen & Hurlburt'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
So pounds per ream per rearn
40 do Patner & Smiths extra superfne, blue
or white, laid wove, Congress 4to
post. ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
ream per ream
90 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfne, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
s. pounds per ream per ream
90 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 4to 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 plotting paper, royal, per ream
so quires patent botting paper, medium, per
qure
$50 sheets drawing paper, eWhatman's Tur-
key Mills from medium to antigua
rlan, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 1000
500 DO DO DO a eard size sss per 500 90
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 81
inches, per $50
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by 81
inches, per $50
900 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
official size, per 700
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
letter size, per 1000
5000 best heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official size, per 1000
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
do engineers pens, do
5 do photographic pens, do
"a gold pens, large size, with silver holders,
best manufacture, per pen
20 quarts "Princes record and copying ink
10 do Maynard & Noyes's black ~
ink, in bottles, do
sc do hest London copying ink,
Arnold's or Terry's, do
do blue ink do
dozen ounce bottles Perrne, Guyott Co.'s
superhne carmine, per bottle
200 swan quilIs, 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
e do silk taste, do
do penknivcs, Rodgers's best,
pearl handles, large size,
blades, do
do erasers, large size, ivory
handles. in cases, Rodg
erss 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
l 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
do Cohen's red lead pencils, do
2 do sable brushes, assorted do
2 do cames hair brushes, assorted do
2 do white French pump inkstands,
large size do
do Draper's patent alright ink.
stands do
do sticks best India ink per stick
80 pounds extra superfne scarlet aeal-
ing per pound
90 do second quality sealing do
Is do best quality waters do
10 do best white gum arabic do
8 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 brasz, composition,
or lead per weight
so quarts best black sand per quart
pounds best prepared India rubber
per pound
9 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., Sgo > to, or folio,
full bound in sheep, calf, morocco, or Rus
sia, 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 ndices, &C., all included, per
book
200 volumes manuscript letters, half bound, as