U.S. Mil. Academy West Point Feby 24, 1854
Sir.
In accordance with the tenor of the letter from the Engineer Department under date of the 31st December 1853, you will proceed to the City of New York for the purpose of meeting Mr. Thos. H. Barlow, and making examination of a Planetarium invented by him—On completion of which business you will return to this Post, and make a report thereon.
I remain Very resply. Yr. obt Srvt.
Signed/ R. E. Lee Br. Col:
Supt: Mil: Acady
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 3, p. 93. Addressed “Prof. W. H. C. Bartlett West Point”