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[[pre-printed]] 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. [[/pre-printed]] [[annotation]] 432 [[/annotation]] [[pre-printed]] INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. Bureau of Transportation for U.S. Executive Departments. Philadelphia, [[/pre-printed]] November 16 [[pre-printed]] 187 [[/pre-printed]] 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 in duplicate in favor of the Adams Express Co for transportation of materials for the Smithsonian Institution Exhibit – account $20 [[superscript]] [[underlined]]40[[/underlined]] [[/superscript Very respectfully Your obbservant John F. Rodgers Capt. In chg. Bureau This: [[?]] Prof. Spencer F. Baird Rep Smithsonian Institution.