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^[[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]]