U.S. Military Academy West Point. N.Y. Dec. 6. 1852
Sir.
You will proceed to the City of New York for the purpose of making arrangements for Printing a New Edition of the Regulations of the U.S. Military Academy. Upon completion of which business you will return to this post.
I am very respectfully. Yr Obed Serv
Signed/ R. E. Lee Bvt: Col.
Supt: Mily. Acady
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 2, p. 302. Addressed “Bvt: Capt: S. Williams Adjt: U.S. Mily. Acady”