STATE OF NEW YORK
                         EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
                               ALBANY
 
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
       GOVERNOR
 
                                          January 14, 1931.
 
Dear Johm :-
 
          Ever so many thanks for the statement of account
for the farms. I enclose my check for $204.92 to cover the
balance.
 
          I hope the family in the Tompkins' house are
paying their rent to you, for I have not received any.
 
          We miss you both in Albany and I wish you were
still my member of Assembly. I know, however, how happy you
must be to be relieved of this real chore, and I hope, too,
that Mrs. Hackett's health is really better.
 
          If you do come up here to see the old crowd, don't
forget to come in to see me too.
 
                        Very sincerely yours,
 
                        Franklin D. Roosevelt
 
 
Hon. John M. Hackett
228 Union Street,     
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 
RT (Enclosure)