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^[[352]] [[stamped]] NOV 24 1877 [[/stamped]] [[preprinted letterhead ]] BOARD ___ Col. S.C. Lyford, War Dept., Chairman Adm'l Thornton A. Jenkins, Navy Dept. Hon. R.W. Tayler, Treasury Department. Hon. John Eaton, Interior " [[ditto for Department.]] Dr. C.F. Macdonald, Post Office " [[ditto for Department.]] William Saunders, Esq., Agricultural Dept. Prof. S.F. Baird, Smithsonian Institution. Wm. A. DeCaindry, Secretary. __ Col. Joseph S. Conrad, 2d Infy, Disb. Officer. International Exhibition, 1876 OFFICE OF THE Board on behalf of U.S. Executive Departments, [[strikethrough]] No. 1725 G Street, N.W., [[/strikethrough]] Washington, D.C. ^[[November 6]] 187^[[7]] [[/preprinted letterhead]] Prof S.F. Baird Representative of Smithsonian Institution and Commissioner of Food Fishes Sir: I have the pleasure to inclose herein a diploma for Smithsonian Institute Group 28, and one for Food Fishes, Group 28, awarded by the U.S. Centennial Commissioner. Respectfully Your obedient servant [[signature]] S.C. Lyford [[/signature]] Chairman of Board