This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
^[[287]] [[preprinted letterhead]] INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876 BOARD ON BEHALF U.S. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, No. 1725 G St. N.W. Washington, D.C. [[/preprinted letterhead]] March 7 1876 Prof S. F. Baird, Representative of Smithsonian, &c. Sir: Col. Lyford the Chairman is to appear before the sub=committee consisting of Messrs. Holman, Foster, and [[underline]] Blunt [[/underline]] on Saturday morning next, at 10 o'clock, on the subject of the appropriations for our Board. Would it not be well for you to push your interests with the members of the sub=committee in the meantime? Very truly yours, Wm. A. DeCaindry