US Mil: Acady West Point 16 March 1853.
Sir.
I have received the following Treasury draft payable to my order by the Asst: Treas. New York No. 3865 on War Warrant No. 8340 for $2000.
Your obedt. Servt.
Signed/ R E Lee. Bvt: Col:
Supt. Mil. Acady.
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 3, p. 10. Addressed “John Sloan Esq. Treasurer of the United States Washington City D.C.”