U.S. Military Academy West Point. N.Y. Dec. 22. 1852.
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 resply. Yr ob Servt.
(Signed) R. E. Lee. Bvt: Col.
Supt: Mil: Acady
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 2, p. 307. Addressed “Lieut: R. S. Smith 4th Art: A. A. Qrmr. West Point”