HENRY  T.  HACKETT
           ATTORNEY& COUNSELLOR AT  LAW
                226  UNION STREET
             POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
 
                                                            
                                     April 23rd, 1938.
 
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D.C.
 
 Dear Franklin:-
 
                                WyattJones and his wife
have just signed a contract to sell the three parcels of
land for$2500. I paid him $25.on signing the contract
and the balance is to be paid on the delivery of the deed
on June 1st.
 
                                Jones reserves the frame
shack and two frame pig pens which he is to remove within
thirty days afterthedelivery of the deed.He also reserves
the dance hall which he wants untilNov. 1st to remove.
I have agreed  to that with the provision in writing that
it shallnot be occupied or used for any purpose in the mean
-time.
 
                               Monday I will see what I
can do with Schaffer.Englehardt has written me that he is
ready to go to workwiring the Hughson house when William
Birch vacates it.Birch is still there.
 
                               The records of the Dutchess
County Clerk's Office show that Franklin Townsend Lent of
Ganonogue, Ontario, Canada isthe last owner of record ofthe 
Lent wood lot. I would like to talk withyou personally about 
thst  matter before trying to do any business with him, if
he is alive.                                     
                                
                               With kindest regards, Iam
 
                                                            
                                        Sincerely yours,
                                                            
                                       [Henry T.Hackett]