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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
[[/box]]
International Exhibition, 1876. Bureau of Transportation for U. S. Executive Departments.
Philadelphia, [[/preprinted]] July 28th [[preprinted]] 187 [[/preprinted]] 6

Prof. Spencer F. Baird
Rep. Smithsonian Institution Int.Ex.
Philadelphia

D [[underscore]] r [[/underscore]] Sir
Enclosed please find re-
-ceipted a/r from Pennsylvania R.R. Co., W.W.Wimer agr.,
for $13 [[underscore]] 08 [[/underscore]] - transmitted for signature at your request.
Please sennd check for the amount to Mr
Winer - office to 8 [[illegible]].

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