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[[bold]] BOARD [[/bold]]
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]] [[/column 1]]

[[column 2]]
[[bold]]  International Exhibition, 1876. [[/bold]]
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OFFICE OF THE
[[bold]] Board on behalf of U. S. Executive Departments, [[/bold]]
[[italics]] No. 1725 G Street, N. W.,

Washington, D. C. [[/italics]] NOVEMBER 17, 1875 [[italics]] 187 [[/italics]] [[/column 2]] [[/table]]

SIR:

   I HAVE THE HONOR TO INFORM YOU THAT IN PURSUANCE OF THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD, THE SECRETARY OF WAR HAS DESIGNATED AN OFFICER OF THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, CAPTAI JOHN F. RODGERS, TO SUPERINTEND THE TRANSPORTATION OF ARTICLES TO AND FROM THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING AT PHILADELPHIA.

   A CIRCULAR LETTER OF INFORMATION IN RELATION TO TRANSPORTATION WILL BE ISSUED IN A FEW DAYS.

RESPECTFULLY, YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT,
^[[S. C. Lyford]]
CHAIRMAN OF BOARD.

PROF. S. F. BAIRD,
   REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.