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[[280]] [[stamped]] Feb 4 1876 [[/stamped]] [[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]] February 2, 1876 [[italics]] 187 [[/italics]] 6[[/column 2]] [[/letterhead]] Prof. S. F. Baird, Representative of Smithsonian Institution. Sir: In answer to your communication of Feb. 1st in regard to competition for prizes by articles exhibited in the government building. I have to state that the application of Mr. Blackford, to the director general was referred to me and that I replied to it in the manner indicated by the accompanying copy of letter of January 31, 1876. Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, [[signed]] S. C. Lyford [[/signed]] Chairman of Board.