U.S. Military Academy West Point. N.Y. Nov. 9. 1853.
Sir.
You will proceed to the City of New York for the purpose of drawing principal & interest of stocks belonging to the Corps of Cadets & reinvesting the same—on completion of which business you will return to this Post.
I am very respectfully Your obt. Servt
Sigd./ R. E. Lee. Bt: Col:
Supt: Mil: Acady
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 3, p. 68. Addressed “Lieut. R. S. Smith Treasr. U.S. Mil: Acady West Point NY.”