HENRY  T.HACKETT
                 ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
                      226 UNION STREET
                   POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
 
                                                            
                                         April 28th,1938.
 
Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D.C.
 
Dear Franklin:
 
                                                        
                       Your letter containing a copy of a
letter of Mr. W. J. Oliver received. I cannot very well
express in writing my opinion of him, but suggest that you
pay no attention to his letters.
 
                       I have just written a letter to
Franklin Townsend Lent in reference to the wood lot, and
am enclosing herewith a copy. I am also writing to the 
Postmaster at Ganonogue, Ontario, Canada in order to
locate his family if he is not alive, as the deed to him was
executed in 1880.  I think this is better than to stir up his
Poughkeepsie relatives at this time.
 
                       If you will send me $2500., I will
be ready to close the Jones transaction, if necessary,
before June 1st.
 
                       With kindest regards, I am 
 
                                                            
                                    Sincerely yours,
 
                                                            
                                  [Henry T. Hackett]