The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-08
STATIONERY AND BINDING.


WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
STATIONERY AND BINDING.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, May 90, 1858.
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
celved at the office of the Secretary of the NAVY
I I snree O'Clock p M of Tuesday, the 2sth Of
June next Tor furnishing all the stationery and ex.
ecutlng all the binding that NAV be REQUIRED hv
the navy department and its several bureaus for
the year commencing the let of july, 1859. and
ending on the 3Oth 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 required
fit 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 VIII be considered which does 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 sufhclent amount, with two or m ore
approved suretes for the faithful execution Of the
contract Will be required of the person persons
contracting. The authorized names of the sureties
that Will be given, also satisfactory testimonials
to fulhi 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 at the lowest
market price, according to its quality.
STATIONERY.
Writing Paper, 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 l6 pounds
per ream per ream
Is do laid, hand made foolscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing Is pounds per
10 do Owen Hurlburt's wove fooI.cap,
blue or white, ruled, weighing IL
pounds per ream, of any other man
ufacture 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 superine, blue
or white, laid or wove, Congress 40
post. ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
20 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfne, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
81 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 Alto post ruled do
do note paper, gilt edged do
20 do copying or tissue paper, Alto post do
10 do copying or tissue paper, foolscap do
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 81 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
60 quires patent blotting paper, medium, per
quire
$50 sheets drawing paper, "Whatman's Tur-
key Mills,' from medium TO antigua
ran, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 900
I n nfnc run do
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, s? by
inches per 1000
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 81
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 81
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
30 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
do photographic pens, do
"a gold pens, large size, with silver holders,
best manufacture, per pen
20 quarts stPrince's record and copying ink"
10 do Maynard & Noyes'a black
ink, in bottles, do
SO do hest London copying ink,
Arnold's or Terry's, do
do blue ink, do
2 dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott Co.'S
superfne carmine, per bottle
200 swan quills, best quality, per 100
1000 quilts, No. 81. opaque or clarified, do
100 crow or brandt quilts, do
e dozen Is. red tape No Is to u.s. per dozen
do penknives, Rodgers's BEST
Il ho, 2tec loro eir
blades, do
do erasers, large size, ivory
handles. in cases, Rodg-
ers's best do
do pairs of shears and scissors, do
2 do 9-inch ivory folders, do
l do Carrington's parallel rulers, do
do sand boxes, cocoa wood, do
do wafer stands, do do
l do pounce boxes, do do
/ do do ivory, do
do wafer stamps, ivory handles, do
10 do black lead pencils, Fabers
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 camel's hair brushes, assorted do
do white French pump inkstands,
large size de
do Draper's patent air-tight ink.
stands E.... DO
do sticks best India ink per stick
80 pounds extra superhne scarlet seal
ing wax per pound
20 do second quality sealing wax do
Is do best quality waters DO
10 do best white gum arabic do
5 do best pounce ,g do
10 do best hemp Irvine do
~ 10 do best linen twins 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
4 pounds best prepared India rubber i
2 do unprepared do do
BINDING AND BLANK BOOKS.
10 volumes of newspapers, daily, per yearly
volume l.,s 't-''a, -
is volumes of newspapers, weekly, tri or semi
weekly, per yearly volume
so volumes of books, I2mo, 8vo., 4to, or folio,
Is full bound in sheep, calf, morocco, or Rus
STA, per volume
$50 volumes of books, half bound IN hussia'
= calf, sheep, morocco, or cloth, per Voloiiie
Biank-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 indices, Sc, all Included, per
book
200 volumes manuscript letters, half bound, az
70 - natfern oer volume