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[[letterhead, 2 columns]]
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BOARD
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Col. S. C. LYFORD, War Dept., [[italics]] Chairman. [[/italics]]
Adm'l THORNTON A. JENKINS, Navy Dept.
Hon. R. W. TAYLER, Treasury Department.
Hon. JOHN EATON, Interior "
Dr. C. F. MACDONALD, Post Office "
WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Esq., Agricultural Dept.
Prof. S. F. BAIRD, Smithsonian Institution, and Commissioner of Food Fishes.
WM. A. DE CAINDRY, [[italics]] Secretary [[/italics]].
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Col. JOSEPH S. CONRAD, U.S.A., [[italics]] Disb. Officer. [[italics]]
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^[[244]]
INTERNATIONAL EXHBIITION, 1876.
OFFICE OF THE
Board on behalf of U. S. Executive Department
[[italics]] No. 1725 G Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C. [[/italics]] JULY 20TH, 1875.   [italics]] 187 [[/italics]][[/letterhead]]

PROF. S. F. BAIRD,

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

SIR :

IN ORDER THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE TIMELY REQUISITIONS ON THE TREASURY  FOR FUNDS FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT, TO BE PLACED IN THE HANDS OF THE DISBURSING OFFICER, I WOULD THANK YOU TO KEEP ME ADVISED OF THE PROBABLE AMOUNT OF FUNDS NEEDED BY YOU, AT STATED TIMES.

RESPECTFULLY, YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT,
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SVT. - LIEUT. - COL., U. S. A.
CHAIRMAN OF BOARD.