U.S. Military Academy West Point N.Y. Dec. 29, 1854
General.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of the Dept. letter of the 19th Inst. covering lists of books wanted for the files of the Dept.- I will forward by Express on the 30th as follows: viz of those on list A.
| Sent | Davies Segendres Geometry & Trigonometry |
| Sargeants Elocution | |
| Davies Spherical Projections and Warped Surfaces | |
| Davies Surveying | |
| Church’s Calculus | |
| Davis’ Electricity and Magnetism | |
| Bartlett’s Acoustics & Optics | |
| Rowans’ Morceaux choises des Auteurs Modernes | |
| Mahans Stone Cutting | |
| Not Sent | Hales History of the United States—not yet received for the Academy |
| Webers Outline of Universal History do do do do | |
| Mahan’s Intellectual Philosophy do do do do | |
| Mahan’s Civil Engineering.—A copy of this work was furnished for the Department on requisition dated June 4, 1849 |
Of those on List B, being later editions than on the Dept. file and much changed.
| Sent | Davies Bourdon |
| Church’s Analytical Geometry | |
| Bartletts Philosophy—Mechanics | |
| Gummere’s Astronomy | |
| Bullions Grammar | |
| Blairs Rhetoric | |
| Whatelys Logic | |
| Thurings Artillery |
The remainder of the books on List B are either reprints of the Edns. Or nearly the same as those mentioned as being on file.
I also forward in the same Box—
Records of the Royal Military Academy 1741 to 1840 1 Vol. folio & Course of Mathematics, Royal Mil. Acady. Vol 1st—duplicates of which we have in the Library.
Enclosed are copies of the catalogues of the Library of the Acady. one for Col. DeRussy—the other for A. Valtemare Esq.—which I send you in hopes that they may be forwarded free.—
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. 168. Addressed “Genl: Jos: G. Totten Chief of Engineers Washington City D.C.”