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[[annotation: upper right corner]] 401 [[/annotation]]
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[[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

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