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[[annotation: upper right corner]] 402 [[/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]] June 24th [[preprinted]] 187 [[/preprinted]] 6 Colonel S.C. Lyford U.S.A. Chairman of Board to Washington D.C. Colonel - Herewith I have the honor to forward an account, certified in duplicate, in favor of the Adams Express Company, for transportation of materials for the Smithsonian Institution Exhibit - Amount $9 [[underscore]] 30 [[/underscore]] Very respectfully Your obd servant [[signed]] John F. Rodgers [[/signed]] Capt. in chg. Bureau of Transportation Thro: Prof. Spencer F. Baird Rep. Smithsonian Inst [[underscore]] n [[/underscore]] Int.Ex.