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[[annotation: upper right corner]] 401 [[/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. Bureau of Transportation for U. S. Executive Departments. Philadelphia, [[/preprinted]] May 29th [[preprinted]] 187 [[/preprinted]] 6 Prof S.F. Baird Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C. Dear sir- Enclosed please find account, certified and receipted in duplicate, in favor of Wm Mann for blanks printed for your Department of the International Exhibition in compliance with Col Lyfords instructions of the 18th inst. endorsed on your request of the 17th. Amount $38 [[underscore]] 20 [[/underscore]]. Very respectfully, Your obd servant [[signed]] John F. Rodgers [[/signed]] Capt. in chg Bureau (2 Encl.)