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CENTENNIAL
C.13.S 

Department of the Interior,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

WASHINGTON, D.C. FEBY.7,1876.

[[preprinted]] FEB 8 1876 [[/preprinted]]

PROF.S.F.BAIRD,
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
WASHINGTON, D.C.

SIR:

I HAVE THE HONOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF THE 5TH INSTANT, RESPECTING THE CASES IN WHICH TO EXHIBIT THE VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVE INDIAN ARTICLES THAT ARE BEING COLLECTED FOR THE DISPLAY TO BE MADE AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.

CONCURRING IN YOUR VIEWS AS TO THEIR NECESSITY, AND BEING AWARE OF THE LIMITED TIME IN WHICH TO PREPARE THEM, YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT AT ONCE WITH COMPETENT PERSONS, FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE CASES IN QUESTION, AND TO EXPEND THEREFORE THE SUM OF $3600, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY.

YOU WILL ORDER AS MANY AS YOU THINK ADEQUATE TO MEET THE ESTIMATED REQUIREMENTS OF THIS COLLECTION, AND OF SUCH MATERIAL AND SIZE AS, IN YOUR JUDGEMENT, YOU MAY DEEM BEST, NOT EXCEEDING HOWEVER, THE SUM ABOVE SPECIFIED.

YOU ARE FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO EXPEND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE REQUIRED, IN THE COMPLETION OF THE FIGURES FOR DRESSING UP THE SETS OF INDIAN CLOTHING AND ORNAMENT IN THE MANNER PROPOSED IN YOUR LETTER.

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