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[[annotation: top right corner]] 415 [[/annotation]] [[preprinted]] [[box]] BOARD Col. S.C. LYFORD, War Dept., Chairman. Adm'l THORNTON A. JENKINS, Navy Dept. Hon. R.W. TAYLER, Treasury Department. Gen. JOHN EATON, Interior " Dr. C.F. MACDONALD, Post Office " WILLIAM SAUNDERS, E-q., Agricultural Dept. Prof. SPENCER F. BAIRD, Smithsonian Institution and Commission of Food Fishes. WM. A. DECLAINDRY, Secretary. Col. JOSEPH S. CONRAD, U.S.A., Disb. Officer. [[/box]] International Exhibtion, 1876. BOARD ON BEHALF U.S. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION U.S. Government Building, Centennial Grounds, West Philadelphis, PA. [[/preprint]] Sept. 4 [[preprint]] 1876 [[/preprint]] Dear Sir It was by an inadverture that the bill of the soames Express Company for $29.90 was sent to you, as it was to pay the company in Washington & not in Philadelphia. Please return this to me.The check for $24.55 has not-yet-been received from Washington. Yours truly. SyBaird Capt. Jpohn F. Rodgers govt. Building Centennial