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[[annotation: top right corner]] 416 [[/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]] 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