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^[[Centennial 494]] [[preprinted]] Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C., ^[[November 23]], 187^[[6]]. [[/preprinted]] Prof. S.F. Baird Cor. Hutton and Preston Sts. West Philadelphia, Pa. Sir: Your letter of the 20th instant in answer to my inquiries of the 10th instant, relative to the account of Stephen Bowers, amounting to $160- for services during April 1876. rendered in making ethnological collections on Santa Rosa Island, Cal. for the Centennial Exposition, is at hand. I have the authority of the Secretary of the Interior only for the employment of Messrs Bessels, Powell, Powers, Schumaker and Swan, as Special Agents to make ethnological collections
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