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[[303]] [[letterhead, 2 columns]] [[column 1]] BOARD. [[flourish]] Col. S. C. LYFORD, War Deptartment, Chairman Adm'l THORNTON A. JENKINS, Navy Department Hon. R. W. TAYLER, Treasury Department. Hon. JOHN EATON, Interior Department Dr. C. F. MACDONALD, Post Office Department WM SAUNDERS, Esq., Agricultural Department 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. ^[[303]] No. 1735 G Street N.W., [[strikeout ]] No.1725 G Street N.W[[/strikeout]] [[italics]] Washington, D.C., [[/italics]] May 18 [[italics]] 1876 [[/italics]] [[/letterhead]] Prof. S.F. Baird Representative of Smithsonian Instu. Sir: Yours of 17th rec/d The $3.78 will be taken up under the Interior Dept appr. Respectfully Your obedient servant [[signature]] Wm. A. DeCaindry [[/signature]] Secy Board