U.S. Military Academy West Point 24 July 1854
My dear Sir,
In answer to your note of the 21st Inst. just recd. I am happy to inform you that your son Cadet Dewey is perfectly well, & has recently written to you.
I am very respectfully your Obt. 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. 123. Addressed “John Dewey Esq. Maidstone, Vermt.”