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[[290]] [[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]] March 28 [[italics]] 187 [[/italics]] 6[[/column 2]] [[/letterhead]] Prof. S.F. Baird Representative of Smithsonian Institute , tc. Sir: The Chairman of the House Committee on the Centennial Celebration telegraphs to Col. Lyford as follows: "Committee meet tomorrow, Wednesday at 11 o'clock, in Military Committee room. Will be glad to hear you." As this invitation is to the [[underline]] whole [[/underline]] Board Colonel Lyford invited you to be present. Respectfully Your obedient servant Wm/ A DeCaindry Secretary