US. Military Academy West Point. N.Y. June 13. 1853.
Sir.
You will proceed to the City of New York for the purpose of procuring specie for a Treasury draft, upon completion of which business you will return to this post.
I am very respectfully
Signed) R E Lee Br. Col.
Supt. Mil. Acady
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 3, p. 31. Addressed “Lieut: R. S. Smith 4th. Art: A. A. Qr Mr West Point”