U.S. Mil. Academy West Point N.Y. Sept. 14 1854
Sir.
I have received from the Treasurer of the United States a Treasury Draft, for Eighteen Thousand five hundred dollars on account of as follows, viz:
| Current & Ordinary expenses of Mily. Acady. | $12,000 |
| Enlarging &c Hospital of Cadets | 6,500 = $18,500 |
I am very respectfully Your obedt. Servt.
Signed/ R. E. Lee Br. Col:
Supt: Mil: Acady
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 3, p. 137. Addressed “Third Auditor U.S. Washington City D.C.”