Viewing page 365 of 741

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

^[[206]]

[[letterhead, 2 columns]]
[[column 1]]
BOARD
[[line]]
Col. S. C. LYFORD,  War Dept., [[italics]] Chairman. [[/italics]]
Adm'l THORNTON A. JENKINS, Navy Dept.
Hon. R. W. TAYLER, Treasury Department
Gen. JOHN EATON, Interior "
Dr. c. F. MACDONALD, Post Office "
WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Esq., Agricultural Dept.
Prof. SPENCER F. BAIRD, Smithsonian Institution and Commission of Food Fishes.
WM. A. DECAINDRY, [[italics]] Secretary [[/italics]] [[/column 1]]

[[column 2]]
International Exhibition, 1876.
[[flourish]]
BOAD ON BEHALF OF U.S. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
U.S. Government Building, Centennial Grounds,
West Philadelphia, Pa., ^[[187]]6 [[/column 2]]
[[/letterhead]]

HON. E. O. GOODRICH,
Surveyor of the Port.

SIR:

I have the honor to inform you that the Centennial Commission for [[blank]]                            has presented to the United States, the portions of their exhibit mentioned below, and I therefore respectfully request authority to remove them from the                               to the Government Building, preliminary to their transfer to Washington.

Respectfully yours,



______________________________________
Representative Smithsonian Institution

[[bold]] INVOICE [[/bold]]