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[[preprinted, boxed]] BOARD [[short 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. F.S. Baird, Smithsonian Institution, and Commissioner of Food Fishes. Wm. A. DeCaindry, Secretary. [[short line]] Col. Joseph S. Conrad, U.S.A., Disb. Officer. [[/preprinted, boxed]] ^[[221]] [[preprinted]] International Exhibition 1876 Board on behalf of U.S. Executive Departments. Office of the Representative of the Navy Department, 3703 Hamilton Street. Philadelphia, ^[[Novem 21st]] 187^[[6]] [[/preprinted]] Professor, Spencer F. Baird Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th inst, and in reply to say, I will receive and take charge of all the articles turned over to you by the Russian Navy Department. Very truly Yours for [[signature]] Thornton A. Jenkins [[/signature]] Representative Navy Dept.