U.S. Military Academy West Point. N.Y. Decem. 20. 1852
Sir.
I have received from the Treasurer of the United States a Treasury draft for three thousand dollars on account of Forage for Artillery & Cavalry horses
I am very respectfully Your obedt Servt
(Signed) R. E. Lee Br Col
Supt: Mil: Acady.
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 2, p. 307. Addressed “John S. Gallaher Esq 3rd. Auditor U.S. Washington DC.”