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[[annotation: upper right corner]] 400 [[/annotation]] [[preprinted]] [[box]] Col.S.C. LYFORD, U.S.A. Chairman of Board on behalf of United States Executive Departments. Capt. JOHN F. RODGERS, U.S.A. In charge of Bureau of Transportation. [[/box]] International Exhibition, 1876. [[short line]] Bureau of Transportation for U. S. Executive Departments. Philadelphia, [[/preprinted]] May 25 [[preprinted]] 187 [[/preprinted]] 6 Prof S.F. Baird Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C. Dr Sir - In compliance with Colonel Lyfords instructions of the 18th inst., (endorsed on your request of the 17th) I have this day shipped you by Adams Express. 200 Invoices 400 Bill of Lading Rail 200/Orig 200/Dep 200 [[ditto mark]] [[ditto mark]] 100/Orig 100/Dep 300 Labels Smithsonian Inst. Receipted accounts will be forwarded for settlement as soon as received from Mr Mann. Very respectfully [[signed]] John F. Rodgers [[/signed]] Capt in Chg Bureau of Transportation