US Mil: Academy West Point 31 Augt. 1853
I take pleasure in informing you that your son Cadet Jas M. Whistler having reported for duty on the 28th Inst: agreeably to the orders granting him a leave of absence for the benefit of his health, & having expressed his readiness to be examined in his course of last year, was this day brought before the Academic Board & has passed a satisfactory examination.
His standing in his class is
| 37 in Mathematics |
| 13 in French |
| 1 in Drawing |
| & 32 in Genl. Standing |
He will accordingly resume his position in his class, as if he had been present at the last June Examination & prosecute the studies of the course.
I am very respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt
Sigd./ R. E. Lee Br. Col:
Supt. Mil: Acady
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 3, p. 49. Addressed “Mrs. Anna M. Whistler Care of G. W. Whistler Esq New Haven Conn.”