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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]] September 5 [[preprinted]]187[[/preprinted]]6

Colonel S.C. Lyford U.S.A.
Chairman of Board etc.
Washington D.C.

Colonel
Herewith I have the honor to forward an account, certified and receipted in duplicate, in favor of A.L. Gouchere + Co covering expenses incurred in Transportation of Block of Marble from New York to International Exhibition grounds for the Smithsonian Institution Exhibit....amount $5.30

Very respectfully
Your obt. servant
John F. Rodgers
Capt in charge Bureau

Thro:
Professor Spencer F. Baird
Rep. Smithsonian Institution
International Exhibition