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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
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International Exhibition, 1876. Bureau of Transportation for U. S. Executive Departments.
Philadelphia, [[/preprinted]] July 22nd [[preprinted]] 187 [[/preprinted]] 6

[[stamp: vertical]] JUL 31 1876 [[/stamp]]

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 and receipted in duplicate, in
favor of Warby & Blair for services rendered the Smithsonian
Institution. Amount $145 [[underscore]] 16 [[/underscore]]

Very respectfully
Your obd servant
[[signed]] John F. Rodgers [[/signed]]
Capt. in chg Bureau

Thro:
Prof. Spencer F. Baird, }
Rept. Smithsonian Institution Int.Ex. }