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Officers
S. M. Barker, President.
R. W. Furnas, Secretary.
L. A. Kent, Treasurer.

Board of Managers
Ed. McIntire, Chr.,
E. N. Grennell,
M. Dunham,
H. B. Nicodemus,
J. R. Dinsmore.

State Board of Agriculture
State Fair held at Lincoln, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889.
1886, Sept. 10th to 17th.

Secretary's Office.

Brownville, Nebraska, May 28 1886.

Prof Chas. E. Bessey
Lincoln Neb

Dear Sir:

Referring to yours 5/26. I hand
you an order $10 to [the pay?] express indicated.
The Board, you will remember,
authorized the expenditure
by $25. When you wish it all, you
can have it. And beside, I wish
you to make this work you have
undertaken for the Board creditable
to yourself and the Board. To this
end, if more than $25 is required,
I will [?] such additional
[amts?] as you may wish for, and
trust to the full Board to reimbures.
$25 was a "[expletive]" sum.
It should have been $100.

In the matter of Electrotype
plates, use your [?] judgement, &
we will be staisfied, [?] we