September 19, 1837
Hon. R. M. JOHNSON.
SIR: I have the honor to inclose a report of the Secretary of War, on the subject of the resolution of the Senate of the 2d of March, 1837.*
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
M. VAN BUREN.
* Whether the works at Black Rock raise the waters of Lake Erie to the injury of property on its southern and western shores,
Martin van Buren, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201457