[Footnote 26: Addressed to the heads of the several Executive
Departments.]
WASHINGTON, _September 13, 1852_.
General Jos. G. TOTTEN.
SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 11th instant
and to say that I shall be pleased if you will cause the necessary
surveys, projects, and estimates for determining the best means of
affording the cities of Washington and Georgetown an unfailing and
abundant supply of good and wholesome water to be made as soon as
possible.