U.S. Mil. Acady. West Point N.Y. March 12 1855
Sir.
I have received from the Treasurer of the United States a Treasury Draft for Five thousand dollars on account of Current & Ordinary Expenses of the Mily. Academy.
I am very respfly. Yr. Obt. Servt.
Signed/ R.E. Lee Br. Col.
Supt. Mil. Acady.
Superintendent's Daily Correspondence United States Military Academy
Superintendent's Letter Book No. 3, p. 191. Addressed “Robt. Atkinson Esq. 3rd Auditor U.S. Washington City D.C.”