HENRY T. HACKETT
             ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
                   226 UNION STREET
                Poughkeepsie, New York
 
                                        Nov. 15th, 1938.
 
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D.C.
 
Dear Franklin:
  
     I got in touch with Joseph Fimbel, the plumber who 
does the work at the cottage, as soon as I could after I 
received your telegram. He promised to have his men try to 
drive a well on the same side of the road as the Tompkins 
house is located this morning.
 
     I stopped to see Mrs. Johannessen on my way home last 
night and she told me that she did not think that the
Artesian well at her roadstand would furnish enough water
for both places as it is only about forty feet deep. She also
told me that she didn't think there was any danger of typhoid
fever or need or inoculation. Her son, Harry Johannessen,
occupies the second floor and Art Larsen occupies the first
floor of the Tompkins house.
 
     If Fimbel is unable to drive a well, do you want an 
Artesian well drilled near the Tompkins house?
 
      With kindest regards, I am
 
                             Sincerely yours,
 
                             Henry T. Hackett