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[[letterhead, 2 columns]] [[column 1]] BOARD. [[flourish]] Col. S. C. LYFORD, War Dept., Chairman 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, Secretary. - Col. JOSEPH S. CONRAD, U. S. A., Disb. Officer [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] [[bold]] International Exhibition, 1876 Office of the Board on behalf of U.S. Executive Departments. No. 1725 G Street N.W., Washington, D.C., ^[[AUGUST 16, 1875]] [[/column 2]] [[/letterhead]] ^[[246]] Prof. S. F. Baird, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, SIR: I HAVE THE HONOR TO INCLOSE FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND PERUSAL, PRINTED COPY OF THE CONTRACT ENTERED INTO BY THE BUILDING COMMITTEE FOR THE ERECTION OF THE BUILDING FOR THE U.S. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMETNS AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1876. SECTIONAL DRAWINGS OF THE BUILDING, AND ALSO A PERSPECTIVE VIEW WILL BE FURNISHED YOU AS SOON AS OBTAINED FROM THE PRINTERS. RESPECTFULLY, YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT, ^[[signature]] PVT.- LIEUT.- COL., U. S. A., CHAIRMAN OF BOARD.