The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-08
Department of the Interior.
Ma lSSS

department OF the INFERIOR,
WAsHISeroS, May IA, 1853.
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing the Sta
~ tionery of this Department during the fiscal
year ending 30th June, 1854, will be received un-
til O'Clock p. m. the 18th day of June next.
Those unaccompanied by satisfactory testimonials
of ability to fulfil contract will not be consid
cred
All the articles must be Of the rery best qualify,
samples Of which must accompany the bids; and
the Department reserves the right to retain such
samples and pay for the same at the prices stated
in the offer, or to return them at its option.
Each proposal must be signed by the individual
or firm making it, and must specify price, and
bat price, for each and every article named
in the schedule. Should articles be required not
enumerated they to be furnished at the low
est market prices, according to quality. Blank
forms for proposals will be furnished at the De-
partment to persons applying for them; and as.
without uniformity therein, the Department
would find it difficult to make a decision, none
will be taken into consideration unless substanti
ally agreeing herewith.
All the articles to be furnished and delivered
without delay when ordered, and to the satisfac-
ton of the head of the office Tor which they
required.
The Department reserves the right of ordering
a greater or less quantity OF each and every ar
tcle contracted for the public service may
require.
Bonds, with approved security, to be given by
the person or persons contractingj and IN case OF
a failure TO supply the articles, the contractor
and his sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture
specified in such bond hquidated damages.
The subjoined list specifies, as nearly as now
an be done, the quantity and description of the
articles that will be wanted.
STATIONERY.
Writing paper, made of linen, laid wove,
white blue.
Is reams folio post satin or plain finch, faint
lined, and trimmed, to weigh not less
than IL lbs. per ream
so reams fooiscap, hand made, faint lined, and
trimmed, to weigh not less than IL lbs.
per ream
10 reams foolscap, plain machine, faint lined,
and trimmed, to weigh not less than IL
10 reams fooscap, blue laid, hand made, faint
lined, garden pattern, commonly known
as despatch or consular paper, to weigh
not less than 10 lbs per ream
$50 reams quarto post, hand made, plain, faint
lined three sides, per ream
l25 reams quarto post, machine, plain, faint
lined three sides, per ream
reams quarto post, hand made plain, faint
lined four sides, per ream
reams quarto post French, faint lined three
sides, per ream
is reams note paper, gilt, per ream, large size
do do plain, do do do
10 do do gilt do do small size
do do plain do do do
do royal paper, for books
do medium paper, for books
40 do copying do do
100 do envelope paper, yellow or buff, royal,
per ream
90 do envelope paper, HAT cap, white or
blue, per ream
10 do large brown envelope, per
30 do blotting paper, royal, do
25 dozen patent blotting paper
30 sheets drawing paper, antiquarian, per
25 do drawing paper, double elephant, per
sheet
so do drawing paper, elephant, per sheet
so do tracing paper, largest size French,
per sheet
"a. do drawing paper, royal, per sheet
5000 binders boards, g., by I0i inches per 900
$50 dozen cards Perry's 6est metallic pens, per
$50 dozen cards of all other manufacture in use,
per dozen cards
40 gross metallic pens, per gross
| $4,000 quilts, No. 50, per thousand
10 dozen eyer-pointed pencils, silver, per
10 dozen ever-pointed silver desk pencils, with
rosewood handles, per dozen
40 gross of leads for ever-pointed pencils,
| assorted sizes, per gross
| rs dozen Contee's best black lead-pencils,
| graduated
| 100 do Monroe's or other manufactured
| pencils, graduated
10 do red lead pencils, per dozen
| 3 do drawing pencils, assorted
! 20 do folders ivory, 9-inch, per dozen
600 do red linen tape, assorted, per dozen
| 90 do silk taste, assorted colors and widths,
in hanks, per dozen .
do pounce boxes, of ivory, per dozen
| 10 do do do cocoa do
| 10 do paper weights, assorted do
/ do quarto portfolios, with locks, per
| dozen
do cap portfolios with locks, per dozen
| | do do do without lock
do best gold pens, with silver cases, per
dozen
IL do sand-boxes of cocoa, per dozen
10 do do tin, do
Is do wafer stands or boxes, cocoa, per
| dozen t.-t-
.25 do erasers, Rodgers & Sons, ivory ham
| dies, per dozen, genuine
| 80 do penknives, Rod gers & Sons, blades,
| buck-horn handles, per dozen, gen.
| uine
| 10 do penknives, Abbott's, American, four
| blade, buck horn handles, per dozen,
genuine
5 do desk knives, Rodgers Sons, one
blade, ivory handle, per dozen,
| genuine
do wafer stamps, ivory handles, per
| do wafer stamps, lgnumvitr handles,
| per dozen
do office shears, IL inches, per dozen
do Office scissors per dozen
| 10 do inkstands, cut glass recently invented
| fount ain, movable tops, per dozen
4 do inkstands, cast iron, large, double
| D do do do do single
4 do French pump china inksands
Is gallons ink, black, Maynard Noyes, per
gallon - :
600 bottles ink, black, Maynard x Noyes, IN
bottles, per quart -
10 quarts ink, red, per quart
rs bottles of ink, black, Cooper Philips, or
equal. per quart bottle
80 bottles ink, blue, Stephens's' per quart DOL
| tie
500 bottles ink, red, Arnod's, or equal, in
pint bottles, per bottle