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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]] 138 International Exhibition, 1876. OFFICE OF THE Board on behalf of U. S. Executive Departments, No. 1735 F. Street N. W., [[strike]] No. 1725 G Street N.W. [[/strike]] Washington, D.C. ^[[January 15 1877]] Professor S F Baird Rep of Smithsonian Institution Dear Sir I beg to inclose my check for W McLean. In regard to my endorsing checks over to any parties, I have no objections to doing so at [[underlined]] your [[/underlined]] request. But the [[underlined]] note [[/underlined]] in regard to endorsing "Collins check to Mr Huff- was so irregular. Without address or Signature [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] and not in your hand writing that I deemed it best to invite your attention