U.S. Military Academy West Point. N.Y. Sept: 17. 1852.
Sir.
You will proceed to the City of New York for the purpose of procuring specie for a Treasury draft. Upon completion of which business you will return to the post.
Signed/ R. E. Lee Br. Col.
Supt. Mily. Acady.
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 2, p. 286. Addressed “Lieut: R. S. Smith 4th Arty. a. a. Qr M West Point.”