Sir
I have the honour to report, that in obedience to the Instructions of the Secy of War, communicated in your letter of the 27th of May, I have this day relieved Captain Brewerton of the Superintendency of the Military Academy, & the Command of the Post of West Point
Source: R. E. Lee Collection, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University
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