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[[annotation: upper right corner]] 409 [[/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]] July 31st [[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 Department Exhibit. Amount $24 [[underscore]] 55 [[/underscore]]. Very respectfully Your obd servant [[signed]] John F. Rodgers [[/signed]] Capt in chg Bureau Thro: Prof. Spencer F. Baird } Rep Smithsonian Inst [[underscore]] n [[/underscore]] Int.Ex. }