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[[262]] [[letterhead]] [[table, 2 columns]] [[column 1]] [[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]]. _____ COL. JOSEPH S. CONRAD, U.S.A., [[italics]] Disb. Officer [[/italics]] [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] [[bold]] International Exhibition, 1876. [[/bold]] ---- [[image: iron cross]] ---- 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.