The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-28
STATIONERY AND BINDING.

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STATIONERY AND BINDING.
Navy DEpARTMENT, May 90, 1858.
SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-.
~ ceved at the Office of the Secretary of the Navy
until three O'Clock m. of Tuesday the % b Of
June next Tor furnishing all the stationery and ex
ecuuhg ali the binding that may be required by
the Navy Department and its several bureaus for
the year commencing the 1st of july. 1853. and
emitting on the 30th of June 1854.
All the artlcies furnished and work executed
must De 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.
lit 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
ana every article Is not bid for, and in which
than one prlce Is named for any one article.
Bonds in sufficient amount, with two or m ore
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, 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 is to be furnished at the lowest
market price, according to ita quality.
STATIONERY
Writing Paper, of Linen Stock
reams folio post, blue or white, satin finish,
faint lined, and trimmed, weighing
IL pounds per ream per ream
do heavy blue laid, despatch cap, hand
made, stop ruled, weighing l6 pounds
per ream per
Is do laid, hand made fooscap, ruled, blue
or white, weighing IS pounds per
10 do Owen Hurlburt's wove loolscap,
blue or white, ruled, weighing u
pounds per ream. or of any other
~ uiacture OF equal quality per ream
10 do first class, hand made quarto post,
wove or laid, blue white, weighing
So pounds per ream per ream
20 do Platner & Smiths extra superfne, blue
or white, laid or wove, Congress Alto
post ruled, weighing 81 pounds per
20 do Crane & Co.'s extra superfine, thick,
white letter paper, ruled, weighing
90 s. pounds per ream per ream
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 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, IA by is
inches, per sheet
reams blottng paper, royal, per ream
so quires patent blotting paper, medium, per
Qure
$50 sheets drawing paper, "whatman's Tur-
key Mills from medium to antigua
ran, per sheet
5000 cream laid envelopes, letter size per 900
1850 do do note size do
1000 patent cloth lined envelopes, s? by
inches, per 200
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, s. by 81
inches, per $50
$50 patent cloth lined envelopes, 81 by 3!
inches, per $50
10 600 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 900
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 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, ~
in bottles, per quart
10 do Maynard & Noyes's black
ink, in bottles, do
SO do hest London copying ink,
Arnold's or Terry's, do
6 do blue ink, do
dozen ounce bottles Perrine, Guyott & Co. q
superfne carmine, per bottle
200 swan quills, best quality, per 100
1000 quils, 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, de
do erasers, large size, ivory
handles, IN cases, Rodg-
erss best do
do pairs of shears and scissors do
do 9-inch ivory folders, do
do Carrington's parallel rulers, do
do sand boxes, cocoa WOOD, do
do wafer stands, do do
do pounce boxes, do do
do do ivory, do
do wafer stamps, ivory handles, do
10 do black lead pencils, Faber's
beet, assorted, do
do best American drawing pen.
ellis, assorted, do
do Cohens red lead pencils, do
do sable brushes, assorted do
do camel's hair brushes, assorted do
do white French pump inkstands,
large size do
do Draper's patent air-tigbt ink.
stands do
2 DO sticks best India ink per stick
80 pounds extra superfne scarlet seal
ing wax per pound
90 do second quality sealing wax do
Is do best quality waters do
10 do bsst white gum arabic do
do best pounce do
10 do best hemp twine do
10 do best linen Irvine do
1000 large office waters for Department
seal per thousand
"a paper wei ghs of brass, composition,
or lead per weight
o0 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
lS 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
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 indices. &C., all included, per
book
200 volumes manuscript letters, half bound, aa
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