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[[preprinted]]
[[boxed]]
BOARD
[[line]]
Col. S. C. Lyford, War Department Chairman.
Adm'l Thornton A. Jenkins, Navy Department.
Hon. R. W. Tayler, Treasury Department.
Hon. John Eaton, Interior Department.
Dr. C. F. Macdonald, Post Office Department.
Wm. Saunders, Esq., Agricultural Department.
Prof. S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institution, and Commissioner of Food Fishes.
Wm. A. De Caindry, Secretary.
[[line]]
Col. Joseph S. Conrad, U. S. A.,
Disb. Officer.
[[/boxed]]

International Exhibition, 1876.
OFFICE OF THE
Board on behalf of U. S. Executive Departments,
No. 1735 F. Street N. W.,
[[strikethrough]]No. 1725 G Street N.W[[/strikethrough]]
Washington, D.C. ^[[Sept 25]] 187^[[6]]
[[/preprinted]]

Professor S. F. Baird,
Representative of Smithsonian Institution,
Cor. Preston & Hutton Sts. Phila Pa

Sir: 

In compliance with yours of 23d inst, I inclose herein Coin Draft on San Francisco, in favor of Jno. F Miller, Prest. Alaska Coml Co., for $137.00, and inclose also 3¢ piece– making $137.03. The premium on gold this morning was 10 1/4, making the currency value of the Alaska Co's voucher $151.08 which amount had been charged to the Interior Department.

Respectfully,

Your obedient servant,
Wm A. DeCaindry

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"Cov." should probably be Cor. [[for corner of]] Also on previous page.