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[[257]] [[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., [[italics]] Washington, D.C., [[/italics]] Oct. 20 [[italics]] 1875 [[/italics]] [[/column 2]] [[/letterhead]] Prof. S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institution. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of stationery returned under cover of yours of 14th inst, and to report that plans of the Government Building have been forwarded to the persons named in yours of 16th inst. Respectfully Your obedt servt [[signature]] Chairman of Board