HENRY T, HACKETT
                ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
                       226 UNION STREET
                   POUGHKEEPSIE,   NEW YORK
 
                                         March 18th 1938,
 
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D.C.
 
Dear Franklin:-
                      Replying to yours of the 15th inst,
the Pleasant Valley wood-lot is described in a Deed from
John R.Keech, Referee, to James Roosevelt, dated April 10th
1897 and recorded in Liber 293 of Deeds at page    190 in
the Dutchess County Clerk's Office. The area is stated in
the Deed as 10 1/4 acres more or less. I    believe that it
is located on the outlet of Tyrrell      Lake at some
distance east of the proposed Parkway. I had expected to
obtain some accruate information as to its location from
Deyo Bennett a brother of Willet Bennett, but this morning
I learned that he had died last Winter.
I will  now try to find some one else who knows that
country.
 
                     As to the Lent wood-lot, I am having a
man run down all conveyances out of David B. Lent from 1825
to the time of his death in 1869 to ascertain if he died
seized of it. He was one of the largest land owners of his
time and therefore there are a large number of deeds to be
examined. I understand that he left him surviving a widow
and seven sons and daughters all of whom are now dead
though there are a number of grandchildren living. I am
sure that whoever does own it/will want to see it before
signing off.
 
                                                         
                     Therefore, I think that it would be
well to try to buy out Wyatt Jones who ownes the land to
the north before taking any strangers in there to look over
the scenery, as they might get some ideas of their own if
Jones were still there.
 
             Kindly let me know what you think about it.
 
                             With kindest regards, I am
 
                                       Sincerely yours
                                   [Henry T. Hackett]