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[[upper left]] Centennial [[/upper left]] ^[[497]] [[stamped]] JAN 9 1877 [[/stamped]] [[preprinted]] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] Jan.6.1877 Prof. S.F. Baird Smithsonian Institution City Sir: For the information of the Department I have the honor to request to be furnished when the multiplied duties of your office will permit, with a report of the condition of the Indian Bureau Centennial Exhibit, which was placed under your jurisdiction on the 2nd of May last, its present location, a full list of all employe's, with their salaries, who are to be paid after the 1st instant out of the Centennial fund set aside for the use of this office, their specific duties and the probable time when their services can be dispensed with, with such other information as you may be pleased to communicate.