The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-29
STATIONERY AND BINDING.
NAVY DEPARTMENT. Nav %.

Navy DEPARTMENT, May 90, 1853
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
~ ceved at the office of the Secretary of the Navy
qhtii three O'Clock p. m. of Tuesday the 2Sh 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
tne year commencing the lst of July, 1853, and
ending on the Both of June, 1854
Al! the articles Furnished and work executed
must De OF the best quality, delivered without de-
lay when ordered, and to the satisfaction of the
heao OF tne once for which they required.
Ii 1t 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 VIII De FURNISHED to those disposed TO bid
and no DID VIII 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 NOR
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 given, as also satisfactory testimonials
10 iuih 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 Pepper, of Linen Stock
reams folio post, blue or white. satin finish,
faint lined, and trimmed, weighing
IL pounds per ream per ream
5 do heavy blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made, stop ruled, weighing 10 pounds
per ream per ream
10 do laid, hand made foolscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing - pounds per
ream per rean
10 do Owen & Hurlburt's wove fooscap,
blue or white, ruled, weighing IL
pounds per rean. or of any other man
ufacture OF equal quality per ream
10 do fret class, hand made quarto post,
wove or laid, blue white, weighing
50 pounds per ream per ream
40 do Platner & Smiths extra superfne, blue
or white, laid or wove, Congress Alto
post, ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
90 do Crane s. Co.'s extra superfne, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
81 pounds per ream per ream
20 do best yellow or buff envelope paper,
royal, fiat, weighing "a pounds per
ream per ream
4 do best sup roy. writing paper do
do best French 4to post ruled do
do note paper, gilt edged do
~ do copying or tissue aper, Alto post do
10 do copying or tissue paper, fooscapdo
$50 sheets best tracing paper, 40 by 81 inches,
per sheet
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 quire5 patent blotting paper, medium, per
$50 sheets drawing paper, "whatman's Tur.
key Mis,' from medium to antigua
rian, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 900
1,500 do do note size do
500 do do card size, per 500
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by
inches, per 1000
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 80
inches, per $50
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 5! by 8!
inches, per $50
10000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern.
official size, per 1000
5000 best buff envelopes, Government pattern,
letter size, per l 900
5000 best heavy white envelopes, hand made,
official size. per /, 200
90 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 Perrys pens, assorted, per card
6 do engineers pens, do
do photographic pens, do
"a gold pens, large eize, with silver holders
best manufacture, per pen
20 quarts princes record and copying ink
IN bottles, per quart
10 do Maynard & Noyes's black
ink, in bottles, do
Sc do rest London copying ink,
Arnod's or Terry's, do
do blue ink, do
dozen ounce bottles Perrine Guyott & Coz
superfne carmine, per bottle
200 swan quilts, best quality, per 100
1000 quilts, No. 81, opaque or clarified, do
100 crow or brandt quilts, do
Is dozen red tape, No. Is to Is, per dozen
do silk taste, do
do penknves, Rodgers's best,
pearl handles, large size,
bades, 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
/ do Carrington's parallel rulers do
2 do sand boxes, cocoa WOOD do
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.
cils, assorted, do
do Cohens red lead pencils do
do sable brushes, assorted do
2 do canel's hair brushes assorted do
DO white French pump inkstands,
large size do
2 do Drapers patent alright ink.
stands do
do sticks best India ink per stick
80 pounds extra superfne scarlet seal
ing wax ~. per pound
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 brass, composition.
or lead per weight
5O quarts pest BLACK sand per quart
4 pounds best prepared India rubber
per pound
2 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 volume
Blank books for Record, &c