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[[stamped]] NOV 24 1877 [[/stamped]]

[[preprinted letterhead ]] BOARD
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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.
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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