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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]]

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[[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 10, 1875 [[italics]] 187 [[/italics]] [[/column 2]] [[/table]]

PROF. S. F. BAIRD,

   REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

SIR:

   I WILL THANK YOU TO NAME WHICH OF THE TWO OFFICES IN YOUR DIVISION IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING CAN BEST BE SPARED BY YOU FOR A JOINT OFFICE FOR THE SHIPPING AND RECEIVING OFFICER AND THE SUPERVISOR OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.

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